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Thu 16 Mar 2023 10:02 am - Jerusalem Time
The most prominent news that the Hebrew newspapers covered about the "Megiddo" operation
The Hebrew newspapers, issued Thursday, focused on the details published by the Israeli army about the detonation of a side bomb at the Megiddo intersection, killing the perpetrator of the operation, who was found to have come from Lebanon and was carrying an explosive belt and in possession of a bomb and weapons.
According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, until this moment, the extent of Hezbollah's involvement in the attack was not known, although direct suspicions indicate that the Shiite organization was already involved in it, or at least was aware of it prior to its occurrence.
She pointed out that it was not clear why the bomber who planted the device and activated it there, why he chose to try to return to Lebanon while he still had an explosive belt and a weapon, noting that his killing seemed to have prevented another attack, and perhaps prevented days of escalation with Lebanon, which is the front that maintains On the quiet since 2006.
The newspaper saw that the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah , has been seeking revenge for a long time for the attacks that led to the killing of leaders and members of his party and caused the destruction of important targets for him, in addition to the assassination of Imad Mughniyeh in 2008, and therefore he wanted revenge because he feels that the ground is currently shaking from under the feet of the president. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
And the newspaper says, it is possible that Nasrallah sees at the present time that Netanyahu is weaker than ever and will refrain from embarking on a military adventure even if Israelis are killed in the attack, and that any response by Netanyahu will fuel Israeli public opinion against him in the event of a confrontation and he will be accused of dragging The Israelis went to war to escape from his current plan to weaken the judicial system.
The newspaper drew attention to the statements of Marwan Issa, deputy commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas , who said that any change in the current situation at Al-Aqsa would lead to an earthquake in the region, which indicates that Hamas also does not intend to condone any damage to Al-Aqsa Mosque now and in other words if it tries. The Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, stormed Al-Aqsa during the "Jewish Passover", as this may lead to a fire in the area.
The newspaper believes that the possibility of escalation on several fronts may have become more evident, and that the Netanyahu government's continuation of its plan may lead to a major escalation.
In another report, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said that the Israeli army does not yet know whether the port has infiltrated from above or underground, but its infiltration is considered a catastrophic failure that illustrates the extent of neglect of the security wall for many years in the face of the growing power of Hezbollah.
And she indicated that successive Israeli governments had rejected for years plans submitted by the Israeli army to build a new and appropriate wall on the border with Lebanon, noting that only last year a partial project was launched and a budget was allocated for it to build a new wall, but not all of the border area was covered.
She indicated that the Israeli army did not rule out that the port had infiltrated from an underground tunnel, and therefore did not know the exact point of infiltration, and that it might have used a glider under the cover of the large forest on both sides of the border, or through the sea.
The Israeli army has not yet known the actual time of its infiltration, and its failure to use the explosive belt in its possession and its ease of killing dozens of Israelis at any time, and its failure to resort to that, raises questions in the security system.
She pointed out that all intelligence methods failed this time to access prior information about such an event, and only contacting the Shin Bet and creating a quick intelligence picture of the scene of the bomb explosion helped determine the location of the perpetrator's move and kill him, which prevented a more deadly attack.
For its part, the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said that elements in Lebanon, whether from Hezbollah or the Palestinian organizations, and perhaps both, want to pour fuel on the fire in the West Bank , in addition to the acute internal political crisis in which Israel is mired, and with that the risks of an escalation are increasing. a broader regional one, which may not necessarily be under the control of the parties involved.
It showed that the characteristics of the explosive device led to the hypothesis that this device was smuggled to Israel after it was manufactured in Lebanon, and not coming from the West Bank.
She indicated that this was the first attack by the Lebanese element inside "Israel" after many years, where in 2002, in a joint operation with Hezbollah, elements of the Islamic Jihad infiltrated from Lebanon and killed 6 Israelis in a shooting operation near the border, and in 2012 it was revealed A network of arms and drug smugglers received large quantities of C4 explosives used by Hezbollah, and explosive devices were discovered in Nazareth that may have been smuggled for use by others before they were received.
She believed that knowing who was behind the attack was linked to the developments of the intelligence investigation, especially since the perpetrator was killed, and it is not known whether he carried out the operation by planning on his own, or whether someone is standing behind him and wants to send a message.
The newspaper estimates that Israel's lack of reaction on the ground, in addition to Netanyahu's departure on a short official visit to Germany today, reinforces the assessment that the event will be contained, and that this may be due to the fact that the device did not lead to the killing of Israelis, which would have required it to respond.
And it believed that the event requires an in-depth investigation among the Israeli army, and to examine how the bomber infiltrated without anyone noticing, in addition to investigating the ability of the bomber to move 10 hours between the detonation and until reaching it, considering that it is necessary to fix the defect that occurred and that there be a quick treatment. And comprehensive, because any further attacks may undermine the sense of relative security for the residents of the north, and the success of such operations may lead to an Israeli response that ends in an unplanned deterioration of the situation.
For its part, the Hebrew newspaper Israel Hayom says that Nasrallah's assessments that Israel will not respond as it happened after the kidnapping of the two soldiers in 2006, is what prompted him to encourage the attack, whether he was standing behind it or supporting it, taking advantage of the Israeli internal conditions, in addition to the political developments in the region after the reconciliation. Saudi-Iranian, and Syrian-Turkish relations, which Russia seeks to reform.
The newspaper said: “All lines are interconnected, and it is seen as the weakness of Israel on the one hand, and the weakness of the Joe Biden administration on the other, and the latter’s turbulent relations with Netanyahu, which creates an opportunity for Israel’s enemies and Washington’s opponents in the Middle East, to do what is in line with their interests.”
And she adds, "Across the Arab world, Israel has begun to be treated somewhat like international credit rating agencies. It is still strong, but it has begun to erode from within," considering what happened in the Megiddo incident as a wake-up message from Netanyahu and his government.
While the Hebrew Maariv newspaper said that the attack is a red alert on the map of security threats, and indicates that the Iranians and their supporters such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and Jihad, are working with full force to take advantage of the division in Israel to further undermine the current reality.
She added, "Acts of terror, especially in the heart of the State of Israel under the rule of the right-wing government, increase division, frustration and chaos in Israel, and all this while benefiting from the disintegration of the Palestinian Authority, which with every hour loses more and more of its legitimacy among the Palestinian public." according to her expression.
And she believed that these facts encourage the Iranians to pump more money for the benefit of the Palestinian armed cells, which is the way in which the “Tik Tok” youth cells were born, which work intermittently with Iranian encouragement and money, such as “Araben Al-Aswad”, which managed to drag the Israeli army into carrying out counter- and security operations. Widespread in the Palestinian territories in light of the collapse and imbalance of power.
She referred to the increase in Iranian influence and Tehran's efforts to strengthen the link between Gaza, the West Bank and Hezbollah, by establishing several armed cells in the West Bank to carry out various attacks. As the Hebrew newspaper says.
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The most prominent news that the Hebrew newspapers covered about the "Megiddo" operation