There is disagreement among Netanyahu's army leaders about how to deal with Hamas.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his army commanders are "harmfully" split on how to combat the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), according to a story published in the British Economist magazine.

According to the magazine, Aryeh Deri, the leader of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas party, disclosed information that the army is not yet prepared to combat in the Gaza Strip during a gathering of his party members following his unexpected visit to Israeli soldiers on Tuesday.

According to the source, Adraee has no military background, and no formal position in the government, and his only credentials are that he is a significant Netanyahu political friend.

The Economist said that the conflict raging in Israel is getting more and more politicized and claimed that war is just another form of political exercise.

Opinion surveys indicate that the majority of Israelis favor a ground invasion of Gaza, but they also show a sharp fall in support for Netanyahu.

About 40% of voters - who supported his party, Likud, less than a year ago - said they would vote for someone else next time.

According to the British magazine, Netanyahu is under increasing pressure from his extreme right-wing base to demonstrate his willingness to eliminate the Hamas movement.

She pointed out that the Prime Minister's agents kept informing journalists that the army was not fully prepared to begin the ground campaign and that instead of endangering the lives of Israeli soldiers through a quick invasion, as Israeli generals suggest, more lethal air strikes were needed to destroy the movement's tunnel network. agitation.

All the talk in Israel is about the next phase of the fighting in Gaza, and not what comes after it, according to the Economist, which adds that the Israeli security establishment would prefer to see the Palestinian Authority return and take control of the Strip.

However, a senior official acknowledges that there is no plan in this direction, pointing out that Netanyahu has been isolating and ignoring Gaza for over ten years because he thought it would be safer to let the situation worsen there. On the other hand, the October 7 attack illustrated just how terrible this policy was.

The magazine's study finishes with a confirmation of the potential high costs Israel may face as a result of Netanyahu's current politicization of the war and his unwillingness to make long-term plans.

Source: Economist