Israeli media monitors the worsening loss of confidence in Netanyahu’s government after the exchange deal News

The Hebrew media discussed the reactions of analysts and some families of Israeli prisoners to the exchange deal that was announced on Wednesday morning between… Islamic resistance movement (Hamas) and the occupation government. Most of the comments carried significant criticism of the Israeli leadership.

Razi Barkai, from the Occupation Army Radio, confirmed that Israel is “on the verge of a week of madness,” and that the government faces a difficult week “when wars begin between the families of the prisoners because of the return of some of them and the failure of others.”

Likewise, Noam Dan – a relative of three of the prisoners – said that members of the war government must achieve results or resign, stressing that she was not convinced of ground war as a way to recover the prisoners.

Dan added, “This is not my profession, but I noticed that there is an attempt to create disagreement all the time, and this disagreement is currently expanding left and right and among the families of the kidnapped.”

She stressed that “it is very difficult to prevent angry people from protesting for a long time, because the families of the prisoners include those who belong to the right and those who belong to the left,” adding, “We have replaced the slogan ‘shame, shame’ with the slogan ‘now, now’, and that (now) should have been yesterday.”

She pointed out that “there is an insistence so far on keeping this issue away from politics, due to the deep crisis that everyone is experiencing.”

As for Eliyahu Lipman – the father of the captive Shlomo – he does not seem convinced by the exchange deals, and believes that war is the only way to proceed until the end.

Lipman said that he feels that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and the War Council are neglecting the prisoners and 8 million Israelis, and are risking the army in Gaza.

He added, “He has lost confidence in the Torah. We had hope. I appeal to you, leaders of our country, not to repeat Shalit’s mistake,” referring to the prisoner. Gilad Shalit.

Lipman continued, “Prime Minister, you and Gantz (Benny Gantz) spoke to us about doubt versus certainty, but we have hundreds of dead and wounded because of this doubt versus certainty that you are talking about.”

Lipman addressed the members of the War Council by saying, “Retract from that, and focus on returning the kidnapped ones. America should not lead the battle of Israel, because the whole world is looking at us. Continue bombing Hamas until it is defeated and all the kidnapped ones are returned.”

On the other hand, Eitan Ben David – former Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council – spoke about the fact that every deal has several aspects in terms of national security, saying that “every decision taken by the War Council regarding the liberation of Palestinian prisoners will have an impact on national security for future generations because Yahya Al Sinwar He was one of the editors in the Shalit deal.”

David added, “This does not mean that a deal will not be concluded to return the prisoners, but it means that the small council must understand the repercussions of its decisions on future generations.”

A truce means losing the war

Regarding the temporary cessation of fighting, Reserve General Michael Ritson said, “The soldiers will be like hedgehogs during the days of the truce that was agreed upon,” adding, “They will have to protect themselves, and this is terrifying.”

Ritson added that talking about a truce to bring in fuel and food is easy, but when implementation begins, “we will see other paths. If we make this deal, we will have lost the war.”

In this context, the orientalist Moti Kedar said that the area (which the occupation forces entered in Gaza) is full of saboteurs – in reference to resistance fighters – and this means that the army must remain vigilant and not neglect for a single moment, because they are sending their men to snipe us.

He added, “They see the soldiers roaming the area and sniping them. We have to understand this. It is a static battle, not a mobile one. We are advancing step by step, that is, one hundred meters by one hundred metres. It is a very complicated situation and it is causing losses for us.”