The American Wall Street Journal said on Sunday that the Israeli army is stuck in what resembles detention in the Gaza Strip. Despite its intention to enter the city of Rafah, south of the Strip, it is unable to do so without providing a safe way to leave more than a million civilians gathered in the city.

The day before yesterday, Friday, the Prime Minister of the Israeli occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved plans for the attack on Rafah after a meeting of the Israeli War Cabinet, without announcing details about the risky operation, which may cause more damage to the already tense relationship between Israel and the United States. United States unless civilians are protected.

The Wall Street Journal quoted Ofer Shelah, a military analyst at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies, as saying, “The Israeli government is in a dilemma. Netanyahu cannot order the forces to enter Rafah before developing a clear plan to evacuate the population there, especially with warnings.” "The American administration of Israel has caused increasing civilian casualties."

The newspaper said that since the beginning of the war, US President Joe Biden has described the relationship between the United States and Israel as “unbreakable,” but his support for Netanyahu is rapidly eroding. She added: “When Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called in a speech last Thursday for new elections to succeed Netanyahu, Biden commented on the speech by saying: “He gave a good speech, and I think he expressed serious concern, not only from him. But from many Americans.

Schumer had considered that holding elections was "the only way to allow a healthy and open decision-making process regarding the future of Israel." While Netanyahu pledged to respond to any pressure on Israel to ease its goal of eliminating Hamas.

The newspaper added that the war cabinet is scheduled to discuss, today, Sunday, the issue of negotiations and prisoners held by Hamas in Gaza, which have reached advanced stages, while Israeli officials and analysts confirm that “the threat of an imminent operation in Rafah constitutes a major pressure point in the talks with Hamas".

The newspaper pointed out that the intensity of the fighting in Gaza has diminished in recent weeks with Israel’s reluctance to enter Rafah, as it did not deploy forces to enter the city, and reduced its military divisions stationed throughout Gaza from three divisions to one division. Adding that Israel is focusing on destroying Hamas’ infrastructure elsewhere in the Gaza Strip.

Commenting on this, retired Israeli Colonel Miri Eisin told the newspaper, “It is an arduous task that can take a long time and may last an entire year,” adding: “All it takes is an open tunnel that we did not know existed for Hamas fighters to come from the south to the north.” ".

The Wall Street Journal indicated that the ongoing military operations launched by Israel indicate the extent of the difficulty it may face in subduing the Hamas movement, which is now conducting its battle through a vast network of underground tunnels, which took about 15 years to build, and extends to about 300 miles.

iT continued, "The fighting has become increasingly sporadic, with Hamas shifting its stance from defense to simply staying alive and continuing its operations, setting ambushes and disabling Israeli forces wherever it can before disappearing again into the tunnels."

The newspaper concluded that Israel will send a delegation to Qatar, tomorrow, Monday, to discuss the ceasefire talks after Hamas made concessions, making the positions of the two sides closer than ever before. Pointing out that the concessions included reducing the number of Palestinian prisoners who would be exchanged for Israeli detainees, and abandoning demands for a permanent cessation of fighting before reaching an agreement.