The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz reported, on Thursday, that the pressure exerted by some ministers and members of the Knesset from the right on the Israeli security services to initiate a large-scale military operation in the northern West Bank is creating a state of severe tension among senior officials in those agencies, especially the army.

The Israeli security establishment believes that the behavior of some government ministers regarding sensitive security issues lacks responsibility and does not allow for an in-depth preliminary discussion before decisions are taken, and believes that the decisions taken by the government with regard to promoting construction in settlements and allowing settlers to enter the evacuated outposts do not Contributes to restoring calm to the West Bank.

After the Eli settlement operation, in which 4 settlers were killed, I heard voices from ministers in the Israeli government, including Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, calling for a large-scale operation, amid the fear of the Israeli security establishment that these ministers would find it difficult to retract their emotional statements after attack.

Senior security officials said that there is no broad consensus in the Israeli army regarding the need for a military operation, noting that the army leadership in the West Bank supports launching a large-scale operation, but Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi supports the intelligence and operations position that launching such an operation would be a mistake, and that There is a high possibility that it will move to other fronts, with a focus on the Gaza Strip.

According to the Hebrew newspaper, the Israeli army leadership in the West Bank wants such an operation under pressure from the Israeli government, and they want to act out of the need to provide an immediate tactical response against militants who carry out shooting attacks, while the intelligence division is looking for a strategic solution.

Officials in the Israeli security establishment, who oppose a full-scale operation, believe that action must be taken against Palestinian militants based on accurate intelligence and in a specific manner, as was done in order to dismantle the "lion's den" in Nablus, and to avoid harm to the rest of the population.

The newspaper says: In the case of the "Lions' Den", the Shin Bet, the Israeli army and the police worked in cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, and the Palestinian Authority was able to recruit some members of the organization in its security services, and others were arrested and imprisoned in Israel and the West Bank, while a number of others were liquidated.

The same security sources say that, with the exception of the Jenin camp and a few other places in the West Bank that are known to the security establishment, the Palestinian Authority controls most of the cities in the West Bank, and there is relative calm in terms of security. Therefore, the intensive military operation will inevitably lead to the fact that the residents of the cities The other throughout the West Bank will enter the line of conflict, and carry out attacks on its roads and settlements.

In intelligence assessments in recent days, senior security officials said that launching a large-scale military operation would be a significant achievement for Hamas.

Intelligence estimates show that Hamas will find it difficult to avoid responding to a major operation of the Israeli army in the West Bank, and the security establishment fears that Hamas will take advantage of the fighting in West Bank cities to strengthen its power against the Palestinian Authority, and will try to weaken Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and increase support for the organization in order to reach Authority, as happened in the Gaza Strip. As the newspaper states.