In its recent discussions, the Israeli media focused a lot on the Palestinian resistance operation in Rafah, which led to the death of 8 soldiers. Israeli military analysts wondered whether the harm from the military operation in Rafah (southern Gaza Strip) outweighed its benefit during the current stage. The Israeli media also discussed the confusion and exchange of accusations between the political and military levels regarding the announcement of what was called a tactical truce in Gaza to bring in aid.
Channel 13 described what happened as a difficult day for Israel, which said it had lost its sense of security. Alon Ben David, military affairs correspondent for the same channel, spoke about the Israeli account of what happened in the operation carried out by the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
He said that they initially believed that “the tragedy of the troop carrier “Nimr” resulted from an explosive device, but over time the possibilities increased that an anti-armor missile targeted a convoy of armored vehicles west of Rafah returning from a battle.”
Kan 11’s military affairs correspondent, Itay Blumenthal, stated that the “Nimr” troop carrier was equipped with a “wind coat” system to protect against anti-tank missiles, but this system did not work during the operation carried out by the Qassam Brigades, because the missile was fired from a very close distance.
Channel 13’s Palestinian affairs editor, Hezi Simantov, expressed his regret that the Al-Qassam Brigades “are drawing lessons from this difficult incident, and are seeking to repeat it more and more,” noting that sources in Gaza revealed to him that the Al-Qassam Brigades are seeking to kidnap soldiers or bodies and take them away. To the tunnels.
As for Channel 12’s military affairs correspondent, Nir Devori, he quoted a security official asking, “Does the harm at this stage outweigh the benefit by continuing the military operation in Rafah?” adding, “We must start looking forward now to its end and discuss how an alternative can be created that will move the kidnapped deal.” .
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced earlier last Saturday that its fighters were able to kill a group of Israeli soldiers in an ambush in a combined operation against occupation army vehicles penetrating the Saudi neighborhood in Rafah.
Disagreements between Netanyahu and his army
Regarding the dispute between Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the army against the backdrop of the latter’s announcement of a “tactical truce” in the city of Rafah to bring in aid, Channel 12’s political affairs correspondent, Yaron Abraham, stated that the Prime Minister was never aware of this step, according to what his office revealed.
He referred to the statement that Netanyahu made in this context in response to the army, which is, “We are a country without an army, and we are not an army with a state.”
Commenting on the dispute between Netanyahu and the army, Lithor Foro Tslibiski, political affairs correspondent for Channel 13, said, “It is not permissible to air the dirty laundry in public.”
According to Channel 13’s judicial affairs correspondent, Aviad Glickman, “The attack on the military level did not come out of nowhere. Rather, there are fingers behind it, in order to delegitimize the military level.” He said that there will be deaths and injuries among the Israelis every day, in the absence of Find out who will rule Gaza the next day.
