Israeli analysts agreed – speaking to Israeli news channels – that the resignation of the two ministers in the Israeli War Council, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, will mean more confusion for Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, with the growing power of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Sefi Ovadia, political affairs correspondent for Channel 13, said, “The expanded ministerial council that will make decisions will be subject to more control by extremists, and more than that, the power of Ben Gvir and Smotrich will grow,” suggesting that an all-out war will break out in the north in the coming days and weeks with no end. The war in the Gaza Strip.
Yaara Shapira, political affairs correspondent for Kan 11, stated that there is a question circulating around Netanyahu, which is: What should be done now? She said that the first step is to offer the head of the “New Hope” party, Minister Gideon Sa’ar, to replace Gantz in the government, but his response It will be negative.
Estimates in Netanyahu’s circle – the Israeli correspondent adds – indicate the possibility of canceling the war council once and for all and returning to the normal and legal formula, i.e. a regular council.
Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot (AFP)
According to Dafna Liel, political affairs analyst at Channel 12, part of Gantz’s action plan is to take the public to the streets to demand early elections, and there are expected meetings with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, the leader of the “Israel Our Home” party, Avigdor Lieberman, and the leader of the Israeli opposition, Yair Lapid, in An attempt to pressure the overthrow of the Netanyahu government.
In the same context, Aakmos Yadlin, former head of the Military Intelligence Division, said that Israel is fighting a very large war in the north and its position in the world has never been so deteriorating. “Instead of changing the direction to redefine the goals of the war again, we continue to go in the same direction.” Because our prime minister has been kidnapped by his party partners.”
Regarding the exchange deal, David Meidan, a former Mossad official and coordinator of the Shalit deal, said that experience taught them that time makes the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) more rigid, and Israel pays a greater price for postponement.
On the other hand, Israeli media channels focused on Israeli losses in the Gaza War, and reported, “Since October 7, the Ministry of Defense has absorbed more than 5,500 new military disabled, 21% of whom suffer from psychological reactions and post-traumatic symptoms, and it is expected that By the end of 2024, the number will reach 20,000 new disabled people.”