A short note from the Premier Office summarized on Tuesday afternoon the outcome of the restricted meeting convened by Benyamin Netanyahu on the plans for the continuation of the military campaign in the Strip: “The IDF is ready to implement any decision will be made by the political-military security cabinet”. Immediately afterwards, a rain of rumors about the Israeli media informed that the Prime Minister will subject the decision to occupy Gaza entirely to the approval of the government, probably on Thursday at 6 pm. The order “of the Prime Minister is to conquer the central fields of the Striscia and Gaza City”, that is to say those areas where military intelligence believes that the hostages are kept, of which only 20 out of 50 would still be alive. Areas where the army has never hit so far in order not to put the life of the kidnapped in further danger.
The Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir – reveals Ynet – “exposed several alternatives and expressed himself against the option of the total conquest of the strip, but clarified, against the background of the clash with Netanyahu, which will perform any decision made by the political leaders”. During the preliminary meeting with the head of government, Zamir clarified that he “not threatened to resign”. Now, the prime minister will have to explain to public opinion because he is acting in contrast with the evaluations of the Idf.
His message to Israel, analysts say, could be based on the Shock videos of the kidnapped Rom Breslavsky and Evyatar David, reduced skin and bones. On the question on Tuesday evening an urgent special session was held to the UN Security Council in New York, with the intervention of Minister Gideon Sàar and remotely of David’s brother. In the morning the institutional clash taking place, even within the same government, was caught in the exchange of posts between two ‘Fortì ministers of the executive. “The chief of staff is required to declare that he will respect the directives of the political level, even if he decided to proceed with the conquest of Gaza,” he wrote on X Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister-Colono, in pressing on the premier for the total capture of Gaza.
Shortly after Gideon Sàar, favorable instead to an agreement with Hamas and contrary to the continuation of the war, replied: “The chief of the IDF is required to express his opinion on the political class. It is not required to subordinate the government decisions “. For his part, the chief of Tzahal preferred the facts to the declarations: in the late evening of Monday he canceled the state of war emergency in force since 7 October, which provided for the mandatory extension of the reserve service for regular lever soldiers of another four months. Which translates into the field with several battalions less and with the acknowledgment that the operation ‘Gedeonè’s tanks is over and the soldiers must rest. Meanwhile, several sources report that the restricted meeting, which lasted three hours, which only took part in the premier, the chief of the Idf, and the Israel Katz ministers (defense) and Ron Dermer (councilor of Bibi and Capotiator Capotiator) ended “with divergences of opinions between the political part and the head of the army”.
So far, in 22 months of war, the IDF has always opposed the expansion of operations throughout the territory of Gaza. For precise reasons, in addition to the safety of the hostages. That is, the fact that the army would be forced to evacuate a million residents in order to operate; the construction of a new field for the population that would take months; The management of every need of the Gazawi, which is not part of the military areas. The family members of the kidnapped defined the premier’s decision on the conquest of Gaza “a death sentence for their loved ones”