Israeli and international newspapers focused on the possibility of the war launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip ending soon, and pointed out that its army only succeeded in slaughtering civilians and destroying their infrastructure.

In Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, prominent journalist Nahum Barnea predicted that the intense phase of the war would end soon, and said that the Battle of Khan Yunis may be the last violent round before the war moves to a less intense phase.

Barnea said that recent reports indicate that the northern gates of the Gaza Strip “have not yet been cleared,” and that fighters are emerging from tunnels and (destroyed) buildings to ambush soldiers.

The army also “feels that the end is near, and is trying to consolidate its achievements before declaring a ceasefire,” according to Barnea.

As for the American magazine The Intercept, it said that Israel is succeeding in slaughtering civilians and destroying their infrastructure in Gaza, noting that the ground attack against the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is “turning into a quagmire for Israel.”

The magazine added that US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu know that things are not well from a military standpoint, “but they do not dare to say that publicly.”

The magazine pointed out that "Israel, the nuclear state that possesses modern weapons and enjoys the full support of the most powerful country in the world, is desperately seeking to achieve a tactical victory over Hamas."

Israel must accept the truth

In the British Guardian, Paul Rogers, a university professor in peace studies, wrote that Israel is losing the war against Hamas, “but Netanyahu and his government will never admit it.”

Rogers added that the Israeli narrative was that Hamas was weakening, but the reality is that the doctrine of massive power adopted by the Israeli army is what is failing, he said.

In the American Foreign Affairs, Daniel Byman said that he concluded from his research visit to Tel Aviv that Israel's strategy in Gaza is confused, and that the time has come to make difficult choices there.

After the writer explained the aspects of Israeli failure, he concluded that Israel must accept the truth, and that its leaders must make difficult choices about the goals that can be put at the forefront and those that must be set aside.

In this context, Jill Jacobs said in an article in the Jerusalem Post that those who care about Israel and are committed to its prosperity should call for an end to the war in Gaza through negotiation.

Jacobs considered that doing so “may be the most pro-Israel and even the most Jewish position one can take.”

One of the largest bombing operations in history

In the British Financial Times, an analysis conducted by experts based on satellite images taken of the cities of Gaza and Khan Yunis showed that the Israeli army “carried out one of the largest bombing campaigns in history on the besieged Strip.”

According to the analysis, the images clearly showed that the attack led to damage to 75% of the buildings in northern Gaza, which became uninhabitable.

The Israeli army is waging a devastating war on Gaza, which, as of Wednesday, has left 20,000 Palestinian murdered and 52,600 wounded, most of them children and women, massive destruction of infrastructure and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, according to the Gaza Strip authorities and the United Nations.

Source: American press + Israeli press + British press