Israeli media discussions – regarding developments in the war on the Gaza Strip – focused on the statements of Ronen Bar, head of the Internal Security Service (Shin Bet), and experts and officials reduced the possibility of eliminating the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its leaders because it is an idea that goes beyond the military and leadership organization.
Bar threatened to pursue the Hamas movement “everywhere” outside Israel “and eliminate it, even if it takes years,” recalling Israel’s reaction after the “Munich Operation” that targeted Israelis in Germany in 1972.
Channel 14 quoted Knesset member Matan Kahane as saying, “When we talk about destroying Hamas, we must know that it is an idea and it is much more than a military force.” He said that even if Israel was able to kill 40,000 Palestinians, “that does not mean the destruction of Hamas.”
Kahane called for focusing on matters that he said were unanimously agreed upon by the Israelis, namely the return of detainees held by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza and “the destruction of Hamas.”
According to Yarden Vatikai, a strategic advisor and former director of the media department in the Prime Minister’s Office, Israel “faced a military attack at the battalion level in which 3,000 people stormed the area,” adding, “This is not terrorism level, but army level.”
Moshe Ya’alon, the former Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff, returned to the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation, saying, “After we received a warning, we were surprised on the seventh Saturday of October… This is certainly difficult.” He acknowledged that the damage to Israel was unprecedented during its entire life. 75 years old.
Channel 12 quoted Ya’alon as saying, “The chiefs of staff, the Intelligence Division, and the Shin Bet have announced taking responsibility for their negligence, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not only has not announced taking responsibility, but he still believes that he can bear responsibility for the future of the state.”
The former minister accused Netanyahu of being neither morally nor fundamentally qualified to get Israel out of this impasse.
Channel 14 broadcast a discussion between Dina Dayan, a social activist, and the strategic expert and member of the Workers’ Party, Ray Ralmatti.
While Dayan said, “Israel is facing an existential war that is the clearest since 1948, and if it does not succeed in it, it will end,” Ralmaty responded, “Israel is fighting for its existence, and the public is fighting for its life.”
