Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the "Qatar-gate" affair in a statement at a conference in Nes Ziona, calling it "an extremely serious security incident." According to him, "The Prime Minister's Office, Netanyahu's closest advisers, worked for the enemy state Qatar. For money from Qatar. And all this - during wartime against Hamas." Bennett added: "This betrayal is a knife in the heart of our heroic soldiers and a knife in the heart of the entire people of Israel. This is the most serious betrayal in the history of the State of Israel. The infiltration of active agents into the Israeli Prime Minister's Office is a significant intelligence and security success for our enemy Qatar."