The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said, on Friday, that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu , constantly prefers caution and restraint in the security field over measures that may be described as "irresponsible."

According to the newspaper, Netanyahu's security behavior is always associated with making more cautious decisions, and often does not translate his statements and threats into action, and usually refrains from initiating offensive actions that would drag Israel into the danger of war.

It showed that from 2012 to 2021, successive Netanyahu governments embarked on three major operations in the Gaza Strip , claiming that he was drawn into it by the military moves by Hamas in Gaza and other factions.

She said that Netanyahu was moving reluctantly with large-scale but limited operations, and in each of them he was wary of embarking on a major ground operation in the Strip, and was very afraid of military losses, noting that he showed this in Operation Protective Edge in 201, which succeeded. In managing it, he also showed his caution through his personal experiences.

At the same time, the newspaper indicates that Netanyahu deviated from this principle, as he sought revenge against the Islamic Jihad after the organization launched a missile during an election campaign in which he was present in Ashdod in 2019, but the refusal of the former legal advisor, Avichai Mandelblit at the time, led to the postponement of the operation that was aimed at. Leaders in the Jihad, and after two months, the operation began with the assassination of the leader in the Jihad, Bahaa Abu al-Atta .

The newspaper believed that Netanyahu's recent behavior, especially the dismissal of Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant , and then his retraction, does not instill much confidence in his considerations for the future.