Former Israeli General recounts secret briefings with Prime Minister Rabin after a deadly military exercise

Former Israeli General recounts secret briefings with Prime Minister Rabin after a deadly military exercise The passage provides a first‑person account of a post‑incident cover‑up effort involving Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, senior military officers, and a clandestine “editors club.” It mentions specific individuals (Amiram Levin, Uri Saguy, Sayeret Matkal officers) and procedural failures (codeword confusion) that could be pursued for further documentary or testimonial evidence. However, the claims are largely anecdotal, lack concrete financial or illicit transaction details, and the incident is already known in Israeli military history, limiting its novelty and immediate investigative payoff. Key insights: Rabin convened a secret meeting with the narrator and ordered a formal investigation while attempting to keep the incident off‑the public record.; A confidential “editors club” of 15 media figures was briefed under a non‑leak agreement, which later failed.; The mock‑firing codeword was identical to the live‑missile codeword, a critical procedural error.