9/12/2023–|Last updated: 12/9/202311:02 PM (Mecca time)
Experts agree that the losses incurred by the occupation army at the hands of the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip – some of which were revealed by the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper – will move Israeli society and push it to put pressure on its government and army in order to stop the war on Gaza.
The expert in Israeli affairs, Dr. Muhannad Mustafa, believes that what Yedioth Ahronoth revealed will contribute to producing a different Israeli public opinion, because the losses among Israeli soldiers, whether dead or wounded, affect Israeli society and put pressure on it psychologically and socially, and these losses It will put Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in a very deep political dilemma.
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that 5,000 soldiers had been wounded since the beginning of the war on October 7, and that the Ministry of Defense had recognized 2,000 soldiers as disabled so far.
From Dr. Mustafa’s point of view, the credibility of the Netanyahu government and the Israeli army was shaken among Israeli society during the Al-Aqsa flood battle, and after the failure of the occupation forces in trying to free an Israeli prisoner held by the Palestinian resistance.
He said that the occupation army built its prestige through operations that he described as qualitative, targeting Palestinian factions and returning detained Israelis, but its failure to return a single detainee put the government and the army in great embarrassment.
In addition, the Israeli army did not achieve the goals it set when it fought the war on the Gaza Strip, most notably the return of Israeli detainees held by the Palestinian resistance.
The Israeli people will scream first
In the same context, the military and strategic expert, Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi, believes that the occupation army, whose will and prestige were broken, wants to restore its reputation, but it is reckless in making decisions, noting that after 64 days of war on Gaza, it has not achieved any military achievement, nor has it freed a single detainee. With the Palestinian resistance.
When this army tried to rescue one of the detainees, Al-Duwairi added, it failed in its operation and caused the death of the detainee. It was also unable to remove his body, and even caused the killing and wounding of the soldiers who made that failed attempt.
The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) – broadcast a video clip that included pictures of what it said was the failure of an attempt to free a captive Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip, at dawn last Friday.
Al-Qassam said that the clip was intended to “thwart a Zionist attempt to reach one of the prisoners, which led to the death of the prisoner, soldier Sa’ar Baruch (24 years old), and the Zionist force was killed and wounded, and they fled the place.”
The military expert believes that the numbers provided by the Israeli newspaper about the losses of the occupation army are not correct, and they are greater than that. He pointed to Israeli sources that talk about 3,000 dead and 11,000 wounded, which are the numbers closest to the truth, the spokesman adds.
Al-Duwairi concluded that the Israeli war on Gaza may extend for several months, but the one who endures the most will win, and there is a limited degree of tolerance among the Israeli people, and they are now paying the bill for high costs, and “I am certain that they will scream first.”
The expert on Israeli affairs went in the same direction, saying that the main factor that will determine the position on the war is Israeli society, and if the government and the army are able to provide an achievement that satisfies its state of anger and vengeful tendencies towards the Palestinians, the war will stop, and therefore the objectives of the war will now be reproduced – the speaker continues – War again by threatening to assassinate Hamas leaders.