The Hebrew newspapers published today, Wednesday, focused on the military escalation with the Gaza Strip, following the martyrdom of the prisoner Sheikh Khader Adnan in Israeli prisons.

The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth saw in an analytical report by its military correspondent, Yossi Yehoshua, that Israel's response to the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip is a missed opportunity to improve the security situation in the near future and restore deterrence that has eroded to the point that Palestinian organizations are now allowing themselves to launch rockets in broad daylight.

Yehoshua said that the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements are seeking to draw a new equation with Israel, and it has succeeded, and the Israeli opportunity to show that "the owner of the house has gone mad," not only because of the events in the south (Gaza), but also, and especially because of what happened on the northern front during Passover. , a very weak cold was lost.

He pointed out that the Israeli response last night was implemented late, not during the day, and did not cost the organizations in Gaza a heavy price, at a time when tens of thousands of settlers were under cover of rocket fire and spent the night in bomb shelters, only to discover in the morning the orders of the home front to return to normal life.

He pointed out that this time, unlike the recent "Dawn" operation against the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, the martyrdom of Khader Adnan dragged Hamas into the equation as well, noting that the missile strikes from Gaza in broad daylight, especially with the return of Israeli students to their homes, brought the residents of the cover back to the gloomy reality. Hearing the whistling of missiles and sirens that color their routine with anxiety and frustration.

He considered that the shooting in broad daylight was aimed at creating a new equation on the part of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, which indicates that the deterrence force is in a state of continuous erosion, and that the policy of containment and the studied responses to such events have become disproportionate.

The Israeli military correspondent said: "The Israeli response to the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip was supposed to determine to a large extent the security reality of the Netanyahu government in the coming period, especially since the month of Ramadan is behind us, and the summer months await us, and the logic that has been used so far with regard to Gaza Is changing and not for the better. In addition to the strong reaction, the political echelon must remember from the previous experience of all Israeli governments over generations, that the Gaza problem cannot be solved by force alone. Common sense must also be used, and if terrorist organizations want to draw a new equation With Israel, this is the time to change this equation out of force and not just through rocket fire.

Yehoshua believed that there are 3 important issues that should disturb the Israeli security establishment this morning. Iron Dome, after years in which the percentage of intercepting missiles seriously approached, showed a decrease in its quality after failing to intercept several missiles fired at populated areas, and it was supposed to In previous operations, it showed a higher and unprecedented capacity in confronting missiles, especially in Operation “Al-Fajr” last August, after the rate of intercepting missiles reached 96%, which is the highest recorded rate, and since then there has been a clear decrease in the rate of Its success in confronting the missiles, and during the escalation from southern Lebanon, it was supposed to intercept 28 missiles, but it intercepted only 3, but the success rate of the interception, according to the policy, was 92%.

As for the second and third issues, they are the West Bank and the northern front, where the Israeli army is still focusing on these two fronts so as not to repeat the scenario of what happened in the month of Ramadan, and to drag Israel into fighting on 3 fronts.

He believed that it was necessary to convey a message to the Gaza Strip similar to that conveyed to Syria by launching attacks to confirm that there is no intention to change the policy followed in the face of threats, considering that the message was important in order to restore the deterrence force that has eroded.

And he indicated that there was a dilemma about whether the Islamic Jihad should be isolated this time and not bring a price from Hamas, indicating that the rockets were launched with the knowledge of Hamas and its leadership in Gaza, and it even took responsibility with the Islamic Jihad for launching them for the first time since Operation "Guardian of the Walls/Saif al-Quds." And in Israel, they see that Hamas is sovereign and must pay the price, and Hamas knows that, but it has not suffered any real harm.

In another report, the newspaper says, in a report by its other military correspondent, Yoav Zeitoun, that more than 100 rockets have been launched from Gaza since the formation of Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government, while 37 rockets were launched from the northern front.

And considered that these numbers are disturbing and indicate the great damage caused to the Israeli deterrence force.

It indicated that official data indicates that only 3 rockets were launched in the five months that followed Operation "Dawn" in early August of last year, against Islamic Jihad, during which two leaders of the movement were assassinated. This was considered a test of deterrence after that operation, compared to the launch of 5 missiles in the six months following Operation “Guardian of the Walls/Saif al-Quds” in 2021, 21 after Operation Protective Edge in 2014, 67 after Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012, and 196 after Operation Cast Lead in 2008-2009.

Zeitoun says that since January of this year, days after the formation of the right-wing government led by Netanyahu, deterrence began to fade rapidly, and it has suffered severe damage in recent months, not only because of the killing of 19 Israelis in a series of attacks from Jerusalem and the West Bank, but in light of the continued The erosion of deterrence towards the Islamic Jihad, which continues to dictate its agenda over the security reality.

He believes that the factions in Gaza have established a new equation since the first weeks of forming the Netanyahu government, and every operation in the West Bank in which Palestinian victims were killed leads to shelling from the Strip.

For its part, the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz says that the rounds of escalation on the Gaza borders are nothing new, and all successive governments in recent decades have had to face similar dilemmas, but the only difference this time is that the current right-wing government is very hardline, and its members are calling for a more stringent campaign. Continuously and with a strong hand towards the Palestinians, but practically in the previous escalation about a month ago, after rockets were fired in response to the storming of Al-Aqsa and the attack on worshipers, the Netanyahu government took a very disciplined line while adhering to the hard-line rhetoric in the media.

The newspaper saw in an analytical report by its military correspondent, Amos Harel, that the real danger after the death of Khader Adnan may be reflected from the West Bank, and is expected to lead to revenge attacks, whether through shooting or other operations.

Harel indicated that the issue of Khader Adnan's hunger strike did not receive any attention from the right-wing government, and it is not clear whether it reports to the political level about his health or any warnings of the possibility of his martyrdom and preventing that.

For its part, the Hebrew Maariv newspaper highlighted the settlers' anger at the weak Israeli reaction against the factions in Gaza, pointing to a state of discontent pervading the Gaza Strip and the settlement leaders who accused their prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of weakness and surrender to Hamas.

In the same context, the Israeli army spokesman said in a press briefing this morning that 104 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, and that Iron Dome intercepted 90% of them according to the established policy, noting that 11 rockets fell into the sea and 14 exploded in Gaza, 24 were intercepted, and 84 landed in open areas.

He pointed out that his forces attacked 16 targets in two stages in Gaza, including sites for the production and storage of weapons, missiles and military equipment for Hamas, in addition to a site for its naval force, and a ground tunnel.