Israeli media sparked a debate about whether the siege of the residents of Gaza and the starvation of its children were justified, at a time when one of the Israeli representatives said that the army made a mistake in feeding the residents of northern Gaza and the world does not care about what is happening there.
A member of the Knesset from the ruling Likud Party, Moshe Saada, said, “The world does not care about children starving, because it happens every day in Jabalia, north of Gaza,” considering that Israel made a mistake in feeding the Palestinians there.
According to Saada, “the Israeli army refused to do this, and said that this was not ethical,” but he insisted on his opinion, considering this matter “the pinnacle of morality, values, and righteousness.”
The Knesset member linked the introduction of humanitarian aid and the provision of food to the Palestinians with their exit from northern Gaza through checkpoints established by the army, in reference to the forced displacement process that is taking place in full swing.
In the same context, a lecturer at the Hebrew University, David Enoch, said that the generals’ plan being implemented in northern Gaza is a plan that is largely covered by a war crime.
It is also being questioned in the Israeli media whether the army will carry out large-scale military operations in the West Bank after the escalation of resistance operations there.
In this context, former head of Israeli military intelligence, Amos Malka, called on the army to send forces in partnership with the Shin Bet to carry out larger operations in the West Bank.
Ilan Lotan, a former senior Shin Bet officer, described the resistance operations in the West Bank as painful, noting that the West Bank front has been hot for a long time.
Lotan limited the options before Israel to two things. The first was touched upon by Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy and is based on trying to separate common paths between Palestinians and settlers.
The second option – according to Lotan – is to implement a large military operation throughout the West Bank, but the dilemma remains that there are not enough soldiers to carry it out in light of the flames on the Gaza and Lebanon fronts and the buffer zone in Syria.
He expressed his conviction that the army needs two or three divisions in order to prepare for a large operation in the West Bank.
Two days ago, the military arms of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian Liberation Movement (Fatah) announced their joint responsibility for the shooting operation – last Monday – in the village of Al-Funduq in Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, which resulted in the killing of 3 Israelis and the injury of others.
Abu Ubaida, spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of Hamas – praised the operation, and said that the Israeli occupation’s bets on dissuading resistance fighters in the West Bank from supporting Gaza are “doomed to failure.”
