Activists from the group Standing Together vandalized the home of IDF Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, in protest of the Gaza war on Thursday.
"Stop us, try to silence us, we won't stop until the end of the destruction and abandonment and until the government of death flies out of our lives!" the group wrote.
In a separate video, Standing Together activist Alon Lee Green said that activists went to "spill rivers of blood symbolizing the blood of the hostages, the Palestinians, and the soldiers that will spill if we permanently occupy Gaza."
"We're saying it as clearly as possible: we must not launch an operation to conquer Gaza. We should do the opposite: withdraw from Gaza."
Eight activists were arrested by Israel Police at Zamir's home.
'Crossing a red line'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the incident in a statement, calling on law enforcement to prosecute the suspects.
"I condemn the vandalism of Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir's home by extremist protestors," the statement read.
"The IDF, led by the Chief of Staff, is acting with morality and determination to defeat Hamas and return all our hostages, and every attempt to harm him and his commanders must be condemned."
Defense Minister Israel Katz said that the incident "crossed a red line" and defended Zamir in a statement.
"I strongly condemn the violent protestors who vandalized the home of the Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, who works day and night to defend the State of Israel. This is a crossing of a red line, and I expect the law enforcement system to hold the criminals accountable and punish them to the fullest extent."
Israeli officials call Standing Together suspects 'radical extremists'
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said thatthe IDF and its commanders should not be dragged into the "political arena" and called for protesters to demonstrate outside of elected officials' offices.
"The chief of staff is a professional officer dedicated to the people of Israel for many years," the finance minister wrote in a statement. "I condemn the very act of protesting outside the private home of a senior officer, and certainly the vulgarity and calls for insubordination, and I stand with the Chief of Staff and his family.
"Protests should be held in front of our offices, the elected officials who bear responsibility for successes and failures, without dragging the IDF and its commanders into the political arena."
National Unity leader Benny Gantz said that an attack on Zamir was an attack on all of the soldiers within the IDF.
"The Chief of Staff leads the IDF with dedication and responsibility – an attack on him and his family is an attack on all IDF fighters, our soldiers, and national resilience," Gantz wrote in a statement. "Spraying his home with red paint is not protest or criticism – it is simply madness."
Opposition leader Yair Lapid said that he strongly condemned the incident and called the suspects "radical extremists."
In contrast, Ta'al leader Ahmad Tibi said that the activists committed a brave and necessary act by vandalizing Zamir's house.
"A brave statement and a correct critical act of standing together against the ongoing killing and war crimes in Gaza in front of the Chief of Staff’s house. The opposition leaders who condemned it also bear responsibility for the horrors in Gaza," he said in a statement on X/Twitter.