In an article published in Haaretz newspaper, intelligence and strategic analyst Yossi Melman discussed the Israeli military situation in the Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank, and on the Lebanon front.
Analyst Melman said that Hezbollah is operating with a greater degree of development compared to Israel, and that the risk of a third war in Lebanon is increasing.
He considered that the end of the war in Gaza would lead to a prisoner exchange deal and would also bring peace, albeit temporarily, on the Hezbollah front.
He stressed the importance of a settlement with Hamas, even if this is interpreted as Israeli weakness, “and it will certainly arouse the anger of the Israeli extreme right.”
He concluded that Israel and its army are losing the war on two main fronts in the north and in Gaza, “and on a third and secondary front that is intertwined: in the West Bank.”
He said that Israel refuses to acknowledge this reality, “and they delude themselves that they will succeed in causing a coup that will lead them to victory.”
He added, “This self-deception does not belong to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alone, who, in his typical demagoguery, believes in complete victory. It is their real victory.”
