There are few, according to analysts, those who within Israel defend the occupation and annexation of this territory, specifically the far-right messianic, of which some ministers, such as finance and internal administration
The negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages are in an impasse, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, convening a security office meeting to analyze “a total occupation of the Gaza Strip”.
“The Prime Minister will call a security meeting tomorrow [hoje] Regarding the continuation of combat and expansion to areas where the presence of hostages is feared. Security forces are opposed to maneuvers in places where hostages are being kept, for fear of injuring them, “according to a statement to which the EFE agency had access.
According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, during a meeting with the Israeli press, Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman stated: “Luck is thrown: we will completely occupy the Gaza Strip.”
“There will be operations including in the areas where the hostages are being maintained. If the Chief of Staff does not agree, he should be dismissed,” the same source said, referring to Eyal Zamir, before the opposition to this measure.
Zamir, one of the main voices against this plan, even canceled a trip he had marked for the United States to stay in the country in the face of the possibility of expanding the combat. According to CNN Portugal correspondent, Henry Galsky, Eyal Zamir considers that this plan endangers the Israeli hostages and also the soldiers of Israel.
According to sources cited by the Israel Ayom newspaper, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not allow Eyal Zamir to present the alternative military plans to the Gaza Strip, plans to “surround critical points in the Gaza Strip to press Hamas to release Israeli hostages.”
“An Escape forward”
The proposal comes at a time when Hamas insists that the humanitarian situation in Gaza must be resolved before any negotiating advance. Israelite defense sources express concern about the possibility of an extended offensive, especially in areas where they are still believed to be hostage, warning of the risk of endangering them.
According to Henry Galsky, who cites the Forum of family members of Israeli hostages, the occupation of the Gaza Strip “means the loss of hostages and soldiers who will pay with their lives.” Hamas considers that “threats are repetitive, useless and have no influence” on the decision of the terrorist group.
Gruing groups of Israelite hostages and military criticize the idea of military expansion, considering it would be fatal. Already the Palestinian authority appealed to intervention of the international community. Currently 50 hostages in Gaza, of which at least 20 will be alive.
Sónia Sennia, an international relations expert, considers that Netanyahu’s decision will not be well accepted by “moderate Arabs” countries that “will not wake up and agree with this solution”, besides that “case, in fact Israel, occupies territorially and militarily the entire range of Gaza, what may be the peaceful and peaceful coexistence of the Middle East region”.
“There is another dimension here that seems evident to me, the international criticism, which will be namely raised by those countries that have supported the return to negotiations of what will be, in the background, the international recognition of the Palestinian State, so that there can be a long pacification and what seems to me is that Netanyahu finally, having not yet publicly assumed, it seems to me that perhaps it was now its pretense, its pretense, is finally known, is finally known to its pretense. Future solution to what this territory is, “he adds.
For the commentator of CNN Portugal, “we are facing Israeli political leadership, which is very different from what is, in the end, the claim of all Israeli people, in the sense of leveraging, finally, what is Israelite influence in the region.”
“And, above all, to master what is considered a threat that comes from the defense of the Palestinian cause and what are movements considered, obviously, terrorists and close to Iran. In the end, to allow a negotiation articulation with non-state actors, such as Hamas, what is a negotiation of the solution of the two states with a possible return to the Palestinian authority, may show their government, which has very factions here. Antagonized and very radicalized, a fragility. “
For Francisco Pereira Coutinho, specialist in international law, Netanyahu’s decision “is an escape forward” because it is taken “against the will of Israel’s own army, IDF, his chief-staff, Eyal Zamir.”
“By the way, he yesterday says, through an advisor, that ‘we will occupy the Gaza Strip and Zahmir can be dismissed if he does not agree.’ We are talking about someone who has had a resounding victory against Iran for three weeks, a great regional power that is over a thousand kilometers of Israel. Survey says that “75% of the population is in favor of the end of the war, a ceasefire agreement, which Israel did not want to advance in February and March this year.” “And all this is done against the will, both of the Israelite people and the army of Israel themselves,” he reiterates.
the opposition of the Armed Forces stems from the concern that Palestinian militias in Gaza will perform hostages as the troops advance, as happened at the end of August 2024 with six hostages, found on September 1 of that year. The Armed Forces also believe that destroying the Hamas Network can take years.
Francisco Pereira Coutinho also points out that “dozens of former diplomats and heads of Israel’s information services” have made a video that they say “this idea of occupying Gaza makes no sense and is very risky for the state of Israel.”
“We have already seen how Israel is growing in the international community and the result of their decision not to let humanitarian aid, causing hunger in Gaza. And of course, a military intervention that implies the occupation of Gaza is very problematic. Who is favorable to this? Extremely Messianic, of which some ministers of this government of Israel are part of the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Internal Affairs. These people must be very happy with this decision of Netanyahu to advance to even more robust military intervention on the Gaza Strip, because the military intervention has already started everywhere. To do it and this time occupy Gaza.
This Tuesday afternoon there is still an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council on the issue of hostages, which began by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.
