Israel has already warned Gaza of ground attack (Israeli Gaza War). The Israeli army has almost completed preparations for this. But still Israel has not launched a ground attack and is constantly delaying it. International pressure, political-military divisions and hostage concerns are responsible for the delay in the ground attack on Gaza. This has been claimed in media reports. Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that rules Gaza, launched a series of attacks on Israel on October 7, 19 days after Israel retaliated.
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Why is Israel delaying the ground attack?
The Israeli army continues to attack the Gaza Strip. But aside from small attacks, Israel has yet to launch a pre-announced ground offensive. Nahum Barnia, editorial writer for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, says there is a lack of trust between Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and the IDF. “The government is finding it difficult to decide on top issues that everyone agrees on,” he wrote.
All is well between Netanyahu and the army generals?
According to government and military sources in Barnia, “Netanyahu is angry with the IDF generals and blames them for what happened on October 7.” Hamas unleashed massive carnage by simultaneously firing 5,000 rockets and attacking the Gaza border, killing 1,400 Israelis. Israel is now retaliating relentlessly against Gaza, after which 5,791 of its people have been killed. Due to this horrific attack in Israel, the political parties and the opposition are standing together in shock.
“Controversies over these operations are causing tension between PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant,” columnist Amos Harrell wrote in the left-leaning Haaretz daily on Tuesday. State radio also reported “dissatisfaction” among major and senior ranks in the army over the failure to stop Hamas attacks.
Mutual Trust
- “The prime minister, the defense minister and the IDF chief of staff are working around the clock in close and full cooperation to lead the State of Israel to a decisive victory over Hamas,” the government press office announced Tuesday. ,
- “There is complete and mutual trust between the prime minister, the defense minister and the IDF chief of staff; the unity of goal is clear.”
- Patrick Batten, an intelligence expert at Israel’s International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) think tank, confirmed the “disagreement about the ground attack”. He said the mission was being complicated by hostages in the Gaza Strip.
- “Israel is waiting to see how the hostage situation can be resolved before launching a ground attack.”
- Relatives of hostages captured by Hamas and taken to Gaza protested outside Gallant’s home in Tel Aviv.
- Akiva Elder, an expert on Israeli politics, asserted that “after the emotions stirred up by this terrible massacre, the thinking of PM Netanyahu and the IDF general have diverged.”
- He said the purpose of the presence of American military personnel in Israel is to prevent the killing of any American hostages involved.
good words
- Army chief Harzi Halevi reiterated that his goal is to completely destroy Hamas and its leaders.
- “We are fully prepared for ground operations in the south,” he told the troops, according to a statement issued by an army spokesman.
- Political analyst Daniel Bensimon said: “Disagreement or not, it is a fact that the Americans and Europeans are coming to Israel with the aim of preventing a ground attack”.
- French President Emmanuel Macron visited Israel on Tuesday and met Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
- “The international community fears that a ground attack could trigger a major reaction that could engulf the entire region, possibly beyond,” Bensimon said.
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