Total occupation of the Gaza Strip. So it is decided. Benjamin Netanyahu does not want to hear reasons, he does not retreat of a millimeter. It does not agree to question its goal, despite the doubts and grievances raised by several parties, within its own country. Tomorrow, August 7, the Israeli government will deliberate on the total control taking operation. And the army “is ready to implement any decision of the security cabinet”, wanted to clarify the premier’s office with a short note after the clash with the Chief of Staff of the IDF, General Eyal Zamir, Which had expressed strong perplexities about this operation by fully disagreed with Netanyahu.
To question the total occupation of the strip, however, are not only the top of the Idf. Strong criticism on the operation were also expressed by reservists. And two days ago, almost 600 former Israeli intelligence and security services officials, now retired (among these Ami Ayalon, former director of the Shin Bet, the internal security agency), have signed a letter sent to the US president Donald Trump – accompanied by a video – in which they urge the head of state to put pressure on the government of Israel to end the war in Gaza, stating that, from their professional vision point, “Hamas no longer represents a strategic threat to Israel”.
And citizens’ protests do not subside: Hundreds of Israelis, including the families of the hostages at the forefront, yesterday showed in front of the headquarters of the Armed Forces in Tel Aviv – By blocking the highway – to ask, once again, to stop this war once and for all and do everything possible to bring the hostages still alive at home, whose lives, according to family members, continue to be put in serious danger from perpetuating the armed clash.
The Israelis seized on October 7, 2023 still alive are believed to be twenty. The terrible videos shot by Hamas in which two of them appear, Rom Blaslavski and Evyatar David (the latter while he digs what his pit should be), have caused a shock in the Israeli population. And today, according to the polls, three out of four Israelis are in favor of an agreement of their government with Hamas for a ceased the fire so that the hostages are freed and brought home.
(Photo Ansa: Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to a recruitment and selection base)
