“Israel must realize that Gaza will turn into the largest humanitarian problem in the world. If there is no one to bear responsibility, it will remain on us, and our children and grandchildren will continue to pay the price for the mistake. Netanyahu rejects Biden’s proposal and a disaster will befall us.”

Israeli officials believe that the resumption of the war on Gaza, at dawn on Friday, will push the Hamas movement to agree to a major prisoner exchange deal, without Israel paying a large price for it, while a former senior Israeli officer warned that with the end of the war on Gaza, Israel will pay a price. Very expensive, due to the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.

Tal Lev Ram, a military analyst in the Maariv newspaper, pointed out that the prevailing position in Israel is that “the Israeli army must return to exerting military pressure on Hamas, through which it will be possible to reach a better agreement on the liberation of the kidnapped people in Gaza.”

On the other hand, Lev Ram stressed that the one responsible for Israel's security failure, which caused the surprise of the Al-Aqsa flood attack launched by Hamas, on October 7, was primarily the Israeli army, and that the failure stemmed from "stagnation of thinking."

He added that this does not absolve Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of responsibility. "Over the past year, as Prime Minister, Netanyahu has received all the required warnings that the internal crisis in Israel due to the weakening of the judiciary poses a threat to the state's security and that the possibilities of war have increased significantly."

Lev Ram continued, “This was not a warning or a general assessment, but rather these were warnings supported by intelligence information, field operations and intelligence documents that were submitted to him, and indicated that Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas view the internal situation in Israel as an indicator of its weakness and an opportunity for war against Israel.”

For his part, the retired Israeli officer with the rank of major general and former head of the Operations Division, Yisrael Ziv, pointed out in an article published on the Channel 12 website today that “Israel has reached a strategic crossroads in the battle against Hamas. On the one hand, it must complete the attack and defeat Hamas. On the other hand, it must complete the attack and defeat Hamas. The second party must realize that Gaza, the day after the war, will turn into the largest humanitarian problem in the world. If there is no one to bear responsibility, it will remain on us, and our children and grandchildren will continue to pay the price for the mistake.”

He added, "For 15 years, Hamas has built a massive combat infrastructure within a civilian system, extending to all parts of Gaza." He justified the falsity of the war on Gaza and the terrible humanitarian catastrophe that befell Gaza, claiming that “since October 7, Hamas has brought upon itself its expected annihilation.”

Ziv considered that “the pace of the war is slow and is still without decisive achievements. As long as kidnapped people are being carried out in the Gaza Strip, we are in a deficit that cannot be covered by any achievement. In other words, the struggle to return the kidnapped people precedes the army’s achievements. If the world forces Israel to stop the war, Hamas will consider "Victorious. In general, victory in the war will not be counted, without a political solution for the next day."

He pointed out, "The global clock is ticking. The American balance is limited, and will allow one more central attack before Washington demands an end to the war."

He continued, "Instead of accepting the American proposal with open arms, Netanyahu chose to engage in a policy of survival, which would lead to political failure. He is building a political ambush for Gantz, and is ready to once again sacrifice Israel's future in favor of a political slogan that serves his survival. This indicates that he does not intend to Bearing responsibility for the greatest catastrophe in Israel's history."

He added that there is no party ready to bear responsibility for the Gaza Strip after the war. “Neither Egypt nor an 'international force' as the slogans predict. Proposing other solutions is nothing more than deception that has no connection to reality. If Israel rejects the proposal to introduce the Palestinian Authority and bear security responsibility for Gaza itself, it (Israel) will bear comprehensive responsibility for the destruction of the Strip.” "And also for two million refugees. This means a political catastrophe."

Ziv considered that “the American political solution will provide a way out for the goals of the war that are not clear now, and will provide the time required for the support of the United States to end the fighting and will recruit the Biden administration for a long-term solution. The Israeli Prime Minister’s choice to reject Biden’s proposal, after his unreserved support that saved Israel, is an act that harms National security strategy during war.

He held Hamas “exclusively responsible” for “the emergence of two million refugees in the Gaza Strip,” but he warned that “annexing the Gaza Strip would bring a catastrophe on Israel, starting with the weakening of the army, passing through the collapse of the economy, and ending with targeting the sense of security and widening the internal rift. This is from Without mentioning the sweeping international attack expected in the world against Israel.

Source: Arab48