Operation Iron Swords - Day 32 - 07 November 2023

Palestinian armed group Hamas launched thousands of missiles at Israel and deployed its militants to infiltrate Jewish settlements near the country’s border with Gaza on 07 October 2023. The 1,200 Israelis killed on the first day would be the equivalent of 36,000 Americans killed in an attack, as a proportion to Israel’s population of 9.3 million people (compared to 332 million in the USA). Israeli President Isaac Herzog stated: “Not since the Holocaust have so many Jews been killed in one day". PM Netanyahu stated "On October 7th, Hamas murdered 1,400 Israelis. Maybe more. This is in a country of fewer than 10 million people. This would be equivalent to over 50,000 Americans murdered in a single day. That’s twenty 9/11s. That is why October 7th is another day that will live in infamy."

It is the second largest loss inflicted on the Israeli forces after the 1973 war, as the Palestinian resistance killed more than 1,400, wounded more than 5,132 others, and captured more than 250, most of them military personnel, some of whom were high-ranking officers in the army.

Butcher's Bill / Oasis of Martyrs

HAMAS Government media in Gaza said the Israeli occupation's massacres in Gaza have left at least 13,500 people either dead or missing under the rubble. It said that there are 1.5 million displaced people living in shelters, including schools and hospitals. The government media in Gaza pointed out that 46% of the martyrs are from the southern areas that the occupation claims are safe, explaining that the occupation exploited the escape of dozens of citizens to talk about opening a humanitarian corridor.

Palestinian health authorities say that at least 10,328 Palestinians had been killed in Gaza, more than four times the number killed in the six-week-long war in 2014. The death toll included 4,237 children [down from 4,800 children previously reported] and 2,719 women, and 631 elderly people [a subtotal not always reported]. These subtotals fluctuate inexplicably]. The average of children martyrs was six per hour, while female martyrs is five per hour.

In addition, the number of injured rose to more than 25,000 [though some earlier reports had totaled over 32,000 Palestinians injured since October 7th, including at least 6,360 children and 4,891 women]. More than 2,200 were missing, including 1,250 children, and presumed buried under rubble, a substantial increase from earlier reports. On the West bank, at least 129 Palestinians had been killed, and more than 1,980 injured. IDF said it was holding 1,500 bodies of terrorists.

More than 1,542 Israelis were killed as a result of HAMAS attacks, including 342 [down from 345 reported a few days earlier] soldiers and officers, according to what was announced by the Israeli army. At least 5,431 were injured. Since the start of the ground incursion into Gaza in the middle of last week, about 30 members of the Israeli army had been killed.

The spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, asserted that the number of Israeli deaths was “much greater” than what was announced by the Israeli leadership, and he vowed in a speech to make Gaza the “curse of history” for Israel. Abu Ubaida said, "The Israeli leadership is lying to its public about the number of soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip and in the course of the battles," and he addressed the Israelis, saying, "Watch for more of your soldiers returning in black bags.

Some 241 [down from 242 the previous day] hostages are being held by HAMAS in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said 03 November 2023. About 40 Israelis remained missing.

Late in October 2023, The armed wing of Palestinian militant faction Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said “almost 50” hostages had been killed in Israeli bombing raids in the three weeks since the war began. Qassam Brigades said that more than 60 hostages were missing because of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. Abu Ubaida, the spokesperson for the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said on Hamas’ telegram account that 23 bodies of the 60 missing Israel hostages were trapped under the rubble. “It seems that we will never be able to reach them due to the continued brutal aggression of the occupation against Gaza,” he said. More than 50 people were killed in an Israeli air raid on the densely packed Jabalia refugee camp, Palestinian authorities said. Hamas said seven Israeli hostages, three of whom held foreign passports, were killed in this attack.

Since the beginning of the war, more than 1,350 wanted persons had been arrested throughout the Judea and Samaria Division and the Bekaa and Valleys Division, more than 870 of whom are associated with the terrorist organization Hamas.

Operational Update

Key providers of commercial satellite photographs to news organizations and other researchers restricted or slowed the release of imagery of Gaza, Semafor media newsletter reported. Shashank Joshi, Defence editor at The Economist, reported “Two Planet subscribers confirmed to Semafor that between Oct. 30 and Nov. 1, the company did not provide low or medium resolution imagery of the northern area of the Gaza Strip where much of the Israeli military activity seems to be concentrated... “Additionally, subscribers have not had access through Planet’s platform to the high-resolution .50cm imagery of Gaza since Oct. 22, according to two Planet subscribers.”

The Financial Times published an article in which the author believed that the Gaza war would change the world from the United States to Ukraine, while an analysis in the French newspaper Liberation warned of extremist media promoting a global war starting from Gaza. Gideon Richman wrote in his article in the Financial Times that the Gaza war will change the world from the United States to Ukraine, pointing to the increasing possibility of Russia seizing the initiative in its war with Ukraine, and to the shattering of what he described as the initial optimism that was reinforced by the peace agreements between Israel and many countries. Arabic.

While Richman expected that a broader war in the Middle East is closer at the present time than revitalizing the peace process, Thomas LeGrand warned in his analysis in the French newspaper “Liberation” against making the Israeli-Palestinian war in Gaza and the West Bank an advanced point in a global war, accusing “the means of "Fanatical media" promoting this.

Loughran considered that this comes in the context of some people’s desire to erupt in an identity battle, and to serve the worst aspects of the extreme right, which in his opinion is a “dangerous and despicable game.” However, he believes that the region is not on the verge of war as promoted, but rather far from it, but anticipating and predicting it means Encouraging the possibility of it happening, he says.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal from Tel Aviv quoted an Israeli security official as saying that the Israeli army was concerned that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu would face more American pressure to limit the fighting before achieving its war goals, adding that the latter was resisting pressure from Washington to stop the air strikes. In order to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid.

Matthew Iglesias enumerated in an article on the American “Bloomberg” website the benefits that Israel could gain - internally and externally, especially in the United States - if Netanyahu resigned, pointing out that US President Joe Biden’s standing by Israel angered the left, Muslims and Arabs in the party. Democrat, which hurt him politically.

As for the French newspaper Media Part, it quoted the Italian historian Enzo Traverso as feeling concerned about the devastating effects of exploiting the memory of the Holocaust to justify the “genocidal war” led by the Israeli army in Gaza, and warning that this deviation could cause a “staggering rise” in anti-Semitism.

HAMAS Government media in Gaza said that more than 30,000 tons of explosives have been dropped on Gaza since the beginning of the aggression. Intensive raids on the Gaza Strip continued, with bombing a building belonging to al-Shifa Hospital and the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, and the bodies of dozens of martyrs are scattered in the streets of Gaza City in light of warnings of a health disaster. International and international organizations condemned the bombing of water tanks, bakeries, and solar panels, and warned of depriving the residents of Gaza of the necessities of life.

For its part, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, announced that it had confronted attempts by the Israeli army to penetrate the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the ground campaign launched by the occupation, and that it had inflicted human losses and material damage on the occupation. The Al-Qassam Brigades announced the destruction of more than 10 Israeli tanks and other vehicles throughout the day, and also broadcast scenes of fierce clashes with the occupation forces penetrating northwest of Beit Lahia.

Al-Qassam Brigades broadcast scenes showing the clash of its forces with the Israeli occupation forces that penetrated northwest of Beit Lahia during the past two days, and the success of the resistance in destroying a number of occupation vehicles. The scenes showed Palestinian resistance fighters clashing closely with occupation elements and pursuing them using automatic rifles and missiles.

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced that they targeted Israeli artillery positions in northern occupied Palestine. The resistance fighters targeted Israeli occupation artillery positions in occupied Palestine in response to the targeting of one of the resistance points in Iqlim Al-Tuffah. Simultaneously, intense artillery shelling by the occupation reached the outskirts of the towns of Al-Labouneh, Al-Naqoura, and Alma al-Shaab, as reported by an Al Mayadeen correspondent in southern Lebanon.

Israel bombed the forests of Deir Mimas, Al-Khardalah, and Al-Qulei'a, and he added that an Israeli drone strike occurred in the vicinity of the town of Al-Naqoura. Israeli media reported that a state of panic has ensued among Israeli settlers in the north, especially those living in settlements near the borders with Lebanon, noting that settlers fear the ambiguity of the rate of escalation.

Gaza interior minister Iyad al-Bazm said all the bakeries in the governorates of Gaza and northern Gaza have been taken out of service, which threatens the lives of 900,000 people who are still there and refusing to be forcibly displaced. "All the bakeries in the governorates of Gaza and northern Gaza are out of service, which puts at risk the lives of 900,000 people who are still refusing to be forcibly displaced despite the Israeli occupation's efforts to push them out of their homes," the Interior Ministry in Gaza said.

He pointed out that residents in the shelters in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates "have not been spared from Israeli bombardment," confirming that "no aid has reached Gaza and North Gaza for 32 days." Additionally, many were martyred and injured in Israeli airstrikes that targeted the vicinity of the Kamal Adwan Hospital and Al-Quds Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes also launched intense airstrikes very close to the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.

the Israeli military continues to target civilian infrastructure, including solar power panels in the main building of al-Shifa Medical Complex. Half of Gaza's hospitals and 62% of primary healthcare centers are effectively out of service. Around 50% of residential units in Gaza have been damaged due to airstrikes and bombings, with 10% of them completely destroyed or rendered uninhabitable.

Al Jazeera's correspondent said that the Palestinian resistance launched a missile attack towards Israeli sites and towns. Sounds of explosions shook the city of Tel Aviv, and other cities in its suburbs were also subjected to successive missile attacks.

The Yemeni military media released footage showing the Yemeni armed forces launching drones toward various Israeli targets in occupied Palestine as part of Yemen's support for the Palestinian people in the face of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson Yahya Saree said Monday that the Yemeni Armed Forces launched a large batch of drones at several Israeli targets in occupied Palestine, with confirmed casualties. The operation caused the bases and airports that were attacked to go out of service for several hours, Saree said.

The Yemeni armed forces "will continue to carry out military operations in support of the oppressed Palestinian people and in response to the calls of the great Yemeni people and the various peoples of the Ummah until the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip ends.

Israeli Kan TV's Arab Affairs expert Roi Kais identified the most concerned countries as the United Arab Emirates, noting that a member of the UAE parliament, who preferred to remain anonymous, expressed concerns that Israel's response to Sanaa's actions "could escalate the scale of the war." The second-most concerned country according to Kais is Jordan, which recalled its ambassador from Israel in protest against the ongoing war.

"We will continue to remind everyone of the terrible massacre and the responsibility of Hamas," IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari began in his update this evening, "We have a long way to go, there is no ceasefire." "We are moving forward," he added, "the commanders in the IDF are focused on the dismantling of Hamas and the return of the kidnapped. We are ready for any scenario, both in the north and in the Red Sea."

"The fighters prove their bravery every day, but the war has heavy costs," the spokesman declared, "the IDF fights with all its might when the secret is the people." "We carry the fallen with us, and remember the order they left us," he concludes, "I would like to thank the families of the fighters, without you we would not have been able to fight."

IDF warplanes attacked targets of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, including an Amaleh warehouse, launch positions, infrastructure for targeting terrorism and sites where technological means of the terrorist organization Hezbollah are located. The attack was carried out in response to shelling from Lebanese territory earlier today. Also, IDF forces attacked a squad that tried to launch anti-tank missiles from Lebanese territory towards Israel.

In addition, the fire complex of Division 36 located a number of terrorists of the terrorist organization Hamas, who had barricaded themselves in a building near Al-Quds Hospital and from where they planned to launch an attack against our forces. The fighters directed an aircraft to attack the terrorists. The attack led to significant secondary explosions that testified to the presence of a weapons warehouse of the terrorist organization Hamas in a civilian environment.

Military analysts warned of weeks of grueling house-to-house fighting ahead in Gaza, from which Israel withdrew in 2005 and where it launched its last land incursion in 2014. “Hamas has had 15 years to prepare a dense ‘defence in depth’ that integrates subterranean, ground-level and above-ground fortifications,” said Michael Knights of the Washington Institute think-tank.

Hamas terrorists fired anti-tank missiles at the IDF force from several points including a hospital in their vicinity, a combat helicopter escorted the fighters to the rescue and destroyed the sources of the fire.

During a raid on a school that was used as a base for launches and terrorist activity, the fighters of the 401st Brigade eliminated a number of terrorists and found rocket launch pits and many weapons on the school grounds. In addition, in various activities, several mortar and anti-tank missile launching positions were destroyed.

The operation is hugely complicated for Israel because of the hostages, including very young children and frail elderly people, who are believed to be held inside a tunnel network spanning hundreds of kilometres (miles).

Israel gave civilians still trapped inside freshly encircled Gaza City a four-hour window to leave on Tuesday and escaping residents said they passed tanks in position to storm it. Israel said its forces have surrounded Gaza City, home to a third of the enclave’s 2.3 million people, and are poised to attack it soon in their campaign to annihilate the Hamas militants who stormed Israeli towns exactly a month ago.

Israel gave residents a window from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to leave Gaza City. Residents say Israeli tanks have been moving mostly at night, with Israeli forces largely relying on air and artillery strikes to clear a path for their ground advance. “For your safety, take this next opportunity to move south beyond Wadi Gaza,” the military announced, referring to the wetlands that bisect the strip.

Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant stated during a Press Conference regarding the War in Gaza, “The Pressures on us will Increase, we may soon be forced to make Difficult Decisions. For me, Fighting cannot be stopped until its Achievements are reached. No going back, No stopping - just going forward.”

Gallant said Israeli forces were operating “in the heart of Gaza City” one month after Hamas’s bloody October 7 attacks, as the campaign to crush the Palestinian militants intensifies. “We are in the heart of Gaza City,” Gallant told reporters. “Gaza is the largest terrorist base ever built.”

He spoke as memorial ceremonies were held in Israel to mark the grim one-month milestone. Sobs pierced memorial ceremonies and crowds lit candles while mourning the 1,400 dead, including families slain in their homes and young people killed at a music festival, in Israel’s worst attack since its 1948 founding. Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas over their shock attack, launching a campaign in the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 10,300 people, mostly civilians, said the Palestinian health ministry.

“There’s not one person not impacted by these horrible attacks,” said 52-year-old Sharon Balaban, one of thousands of Israelis who attended sorrowful memorial events. “Everyone knows somebody who was hurt, killed, murdered or impacted.”

The commander of the Israeli army's southern region, Yaron Finkelman, said that the army is waging a complex, difficult and costly war against the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) in the Gaza Strip. Finkelman said : "For the first time in the last decades, the IDF is fighting in the heart of Gaza City, in the heart of terrorism. We are constantly seeing the abductees who are being held captive by Hamas, their return is a compass for us." Finkelman added that the Hamas attack on October 7 seriously injured them, and that the events of that day hurt him greatly. He continued that the Israeli army failed in its mission on October 7, saying that since that day the war has become clear with its goals of eliminating the Hamas movement and returning the detainees, he said.

Reserve soldiers from the Negev Brigade , from the 551st Brigade, and Yehlam fighters, located a number of tunnels inside a residence in civilian territory in the Beit Hanon area. Capt. (Res.) R., nephew of the head of the Shaar HaNegev Council, the late Ofir Liebstein: "I want to dedicate this explosion to Ofir as an act of defense for the homeland; One of the efforts to return the Gaza Strip to 100% paradise."

Military and strategic expert Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi downplayed the statements of Israeli occupation army spokesman Daniel Hagari about the Air Force's ability to bomb any region in the Middle East, and saw that he was exaggerating in his talk about destroying the tunnels of the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas . "

In this context, Al-Duwairi wondered - during his military analysis on Al Jazeera - why the United States and Western countries rushed to Israel with the aim of stabilizing its feet and eliminating the fear of “Hamas”, after the “ Al-Aqsa Flood ” operation carried out by the Al-Qassam Brigades , the movement’s military arm.

He pointed out that the Israeli ground forces inside the Gaza Strip have not advanced on the ground after 11 days except for short distances, in reference to the fierce resistance they are facing from the resistance factions in Gaza.

Regarding the statements of the Israeli army regarding the destruction of tunnels in Gaza, Al-Duwairi said that this is true about a certain percentage of these tunnels, for which there is no accurate information about their number and types because “Gaza is a city upon a city,” according to his description.

Al-Duwairi wondered: If Israel’s claims about the destruction of the tunnels were true, “why is the fighter leaving the tunnels until now, and why are the missiles being launched towards Israeli cities and towns until now?”, pointing out that there are different types of tunnels, some of which are defensive and others offensive, in addition to tunnels for meetings, storage and others.

As for mortar shells, the military expert revealed that they are effective against human crowds, assembly points, and against lightly armored vehicles, but they are ineffective against the Merkava tank, which was shielded from above before entering Gaza.

Regarding whether there is a difference in ground operations day and night, Al-Duwairi explained that the occupation army has the advantage of night vision and sensors, but the fighter, in light of his skill and efficiency in exploiting the land, buildings, and rubble, can move through them and make a difference.

He added that the Israeli occupation army is fighting “a black box in an unknown place,” which is more like a ghost, reviewing a number of advantages enjoyed by the Palestinian fighter in Gaza.

Al-Duwairi, said that the tax that Israel pays in its ground battle inside the Gaza Strip is 10 times what is declared by Tel Aviv, warning that the latter cannot prevent the Israelis from witnessing the heroic resistance operations against the occupation army.

Al-Duwairi pointed out - in his military analysis segment on Al Jazeera - that the bodies of Israeli army soldiers and wounded are piling up in Ashkelon hospitals, according to pictures published on social media platforms, noting that Tel Aviv announced the killing of only 30 soldiers in the Strip since the start of the ground incursion.

He warned that the official authorities in Israel are deliberately concealing the real losses incurred by its army in Gaza, for fear of expanding the scope and scope of the intense demonstrations in Tel Aviv and other cities to stop the war, and to demand the release of prisoners detained in Gaza. He stressed that the more fighting and the intensity of the ground battle, the greater the pressure inside the Israeli street.

He asserted that Tel Aviv cannot hide the visuals of the Al- Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement " Hamas " - which show specific commando operations and ambushes against soldiers of the occupation army, believing that they reach every Israeli home and are spreading throughout the world in the era of globalization of communications, despite the decision. Israel banned its broadcast.

Al-Duwairi described the scenes that the Al-Qassam Brigades have been publishing as terrifying to the Israelis and those who support them, especially those that show a fighter placing a Hamas flag on an Israeli bulldozer or an explosive device inside a Merkava tank, or hitting it with “Al-Yassin 105” shells from a very close range.

Fighting is still in the first 200 meters from the outskirts of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, and that the occupation army was unable to reach the outskirts of Beit Lahia 12 days after the start of its ground operation. He believed that, based on this slow progress and based on the goals that Israel has set to achieve, such as eliminating Hamas and its military capabilities, the fighting will continue for months and even years.

He explained that Al-Qassam fighters prefer to fight from zero distance, which is a maximum of 150 metres, where the confrontation is inside built-up areas. He explained that they then emerge from the tunnels and among the rubble to “restore life,” stressing that the more Israel advances, the more difficult the battle becomes, and enters the trap he set. Resistance elements.

He pointed out that the Qassam fighters' mouthpiece for the Israeli soldiers says, "Advance to the built-up areas where "you will find something that will not please you." He explained that Al-Qassam deals with Israeli forces that enter non-demolished buildings with the “TBG” mechanism, while they resort to adhesive padding to deal with fixed vehicles, in addition to “Al-Yassin 105” shells to hit moving vehicles and tanks.

Israel's ongoing attempts to conduct a double maneuver in order to impose the siege on the northern sector and separate it from the southern sector succeeded in effectively cutting off Al-Rashid Street after they had blocked it by fire. He reiterated that the occupation army soldiers did not extend control in the areas into which they penetrated, where fighting is still ongoing, in addition to some of these forces retreating back in several areas. Due to losses in order to reposition, more troops and fire belts were requested.

Bystanders

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, began a visit to the Middle East amid the escalation of massacres committed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip , coinciding with the United Nations warning that the besieged sector is approaching a “collapse point” due to its lack of fuel.

Turk began his five-day tour from Egypt, where he arrived today. He will visit the Rafah crossing tomorrow, Wednesday, before traveling to the Jordanian capital, Amman, next Thursday. The tour also includes Israel, the occupied West Bank , and the Gaza Strip, according to a statement issued by his office.

The statement noted that the tour “comes against the backdrop of the ongoing and very serious human rights and humanitarian crisis” in Gaza, noting that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will speak during his visit with government officials and civil society actors, with those affected and injured, and with his colleagues at the United Nations regarding the situation. Human rights in the region.

In a related context, Jens Laerke, spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, warned that services in the Gaza Strip are approaching a “collapse point” without fuel supplies, adding that the 569 relief trucks that have entered the Strip so far have not It was not carrying any fuel to Gaza.

Axis of Resistance

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf voiced the country's readiness to host a top-level parliamentary meeting among the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to explore practical solutions to Palestinian issues. The meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation will explore "practical solutions in support the oppressed people of Palestine," Qalibaf said. He made the remarks in a phone call with Speaker of the People's National Assembly of Algeria Ibrahim Boughali, during which they also discussed the latest developments in Gaza.

"The Iranian legislative body is completely ready to hold an extraordinary meeting of the Permanent Committee on Palestine of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States at the speakers' level in Tehran to explore practical solutions in support the oppressed people of Palestine," Qalibaf said. The Iranian speaker praised Algeria for its positions and role in condemnation of the Israeli attacks and support of the "oppressed" people of Palestine, calling on Muslim countries to take immediate action to stop "Israel's cruel and inhumane attacks against the Gaza Strip and its civilians, including women and children."

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will travel to Saudi Arabia to participate in a summit of the OIC, an organization that is currently made up of 57 countries, among which are non-Arab Muslim states such as Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro demanded to stop Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people. “The contemporary racists and supremacists, the Zionists, want to destroy the Palestinian people,” the Venezuelan president highlightened. “I call on Muslim people, Arab peoplem and the peoples of the World to raise their voices against the Nazi genocide against the Palestinians,” he said, highlighting that the Israeli occupation forces continue to bomb hospitals, mosques, churches and other places where the people seek shelter.

“They attack historic refugee centers, where families, survivors of other attacks, have lived for years. But in addition, an Israeli minister said that an atomic bomb must be dropped to kill all the Palestinians in Gaza,” he denounced. During his speech, Maduro highlighted that many world leaders compare the current situation with the Nazi extermination of the Jewish people in the context of World War II. “The contemporary racists and supremacists, the Zionists, want to destroy the Palestinian people,” Maduro stressed and recalled that the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust are being applied against the Palestinian people.

During the television program “With Maduro, More,” the Palestinian ambassador to Venezuela Fadi Albazen thanked the Bolivarian leader for his solidarity and repudiated the crimes committed by Israel. "On behalf of the Palestinian people, I thank you for your unconditional support. Mr. President, you have been one of the world's first leaders to send humanitarian aid to Palestine to alleviate the suffering of our people," Albazen said.

Allied for Democracy

Netanyahu said that Tel Aviv is open to what he called "short tactical pauses" in the fighting in Gaza, to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid or allow the exit of prisoners held by the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ). However, in an interview with the American ABC network, he reiterated his rejection of a ceasefire without the release of all prisoners in the Strip. During the interview, Netanyahu was asked who should govern Gaza after the end of the fighting, and he replied, “I believe that Israel will bear comprehensive security responsibility for an indefinite period because we have seen what happens when we do not bear that security responsibility,” referring to the major attack launched by the Palestinian resistance on Israel on the 7th. Since last October. In response to another question about whether he was open to a humanitarian truce in Gaza, Netanyahu said, “There will be no general ceasefire in Gaza without the release of our hostages,” as he put it. He added, "With regard to short tactical pauses, an hour here, an hour there, it has happened before. I think we will examine the conditions in order to enable the entry of goods, humanitarian goods or hostages to leave."

Simcha Rothman, a lawmaker in Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition said in a social media post: “Our forces must not shed blood to give the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority wrapped in a bow ... Only full Israeli control and a complete demilitarization of the strip will restore security.” The leader of the opposition Labor Party, Merav Michaeli, said Israel needed to work with the United States, Arab countries and the PA on a plan for a “political victory” in Gaza to make Israel safe once Hamas is defeated militarily.

With the increasing spread of images of the tragedies of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip in the world, Tel Aviv is following with great concern a noticeable decline in its battle before international public opinion to justify the continuation of its war on the Gaza Strip. Israel considers continued international support important to continue the war, which has entered its second month, and expects it to continue for a longer period with its army failing to achieve the goals it set for the war.

When it launched the war, Israel used the scenes of the settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip during Operation Al- Aqsa Flood on October 7, and it received Western support, especially from the United States. However, with the appearance of images of destruction and killing in the Gaza Strip, international public opinion began to lean in favor of the Palestinians, and this is what has already been done and is still being expressed in demonstrations in Arab, European and international capitals, including in the United States.

the images and the control of the Palestinian narrative affect public opinion in the world, and from there on the way in which Israeli leaders give priority to work, and for this reason, the Israeli army is constantly working against the countdown timer, which no one really knows when it will end? UN and international institutions hardly stop broadcasting scenes of killing and destruction in Gaza and appeals for a ceasefire while denouncing the prevention of the entry of medical supplies, food, fuel and electricity into the Gaza Strip.

Israel, up to this moment, cannot provide itself with the breathing space it wants, and this may lead to difficulty achieving the goal it has set for itself, or being forced to rush, and then the chance of making mistakes increases.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has been actively moving between local television stations in an attempt to recruit support for the continuation of the war. Bennett wrote on the X platform, “Tonight I will go on a political media tour in New York and Washington. Our international situation is not good.” He added, "My goal is to help the Israeli government strengthen our position in public opinion, in Congress, and in the administration in order to give the leaders of the IDF complete freedom to work to eliminate Hamas," and continued, "International public opinion is not in our interest now."

The Israeli army deployed large numbers of reserve soldiers, in addition to official spokesmen, to speak to foreign media in defense of the war. In addition, it was noted that dozens of Israeli journalists were mobilized to spread the Israeli narrative through social media platforms.

Israeli Channel 12's correspondent in northern occupied Palestine reported that during his tour of the borders, "Hezbollah fighters were constantly present at a few meters distance," highlighting that this state at the borders is absolutely terrifying for the settlers living in the north. The correspondent noted that to address these concerns the Israeli authorities must build a new barrier that would fortify the northern settlements, which would take almost two years to finalize.

Former Education Minister Shai Piron said that "the contract between the state and its citizens has been violated" in light of the success of the Resistance operation. "It doesn't matter if this is in the north or the south, Israelis do not trust their army and government ... and they are not convinced that what happened in the south [Gaza] won't happen to them in the north [Lebanon], even if they are provided with the best protection," he explained.

Bloomberg published an article by Matthew Yglesias in which he enumerated the benefits that Israel would gain if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resigned , inside and outside Israel, especially in the United States. Iglesias explained that if Netanyahu steps down, it will be a major boost to the domestic political standing of US President Joe Biden . Netanyahu's approach, which converged with the extreme right in Israel, imposed a polarizing choice within many political forces abroad. In the United States, young progressives are active and choose to support "radical" movements such as the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas", which would mean the end of Israel. This, in turn, made it dangerously difficult for Biden to bridge the rift among his supporters.

So far, the writer says, Biden has sided with Israel and angered the left, Muslims, and Arabs in the Democratic Party, which is harmful to him politically and is likely to cost him at least some support from younger progressives, Arab Americans, and Muslims. He pointed out that Israeli leaders such as Shimon Peres , Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert , who made real efforts in diplomacy and made work easier for Israel's friends abroad even when their efforts failed, also created a clear distinction between Israel as a Jewish democracy and the occupation of Palestinian land as a practical reality.

When he called for the formation of a national unity government during moments of crisis, Yair Lapid , the leader of the largest opposition party, responded that he was ready to join only if Netanyahu expelled the small far-right parties in his coalition from the government, which Netanyahu rejected - he needs the far right because they supported him during His wars with the Israeli judiciary and his personal struggles with corruption charges - so Lapid rejected the offer.

The United States announced its opposition to a new, long-term occupation of the Gaza Strip by Israel, after its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the responsibility for “comprehensive security” of the besieged Strip falls on Israel after the end of the war. US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel stated that the American view is that Gaza is Palestinian land and will remain Palestinian land, adding that they do not support any forced resettlement of Palestinians outside Gaza, and that it is not something on the table.

At the same time, Patel stressed the need for Israel and the region to be safe, and added that Gaza cannot be a base for launching attacks that he described as “terrorist” against Israel, he said. Strategic Policy Coordinator at the US National Security Council, John Kirby, stressed that their support for Israel does not necessarily mean agreeing with it to reoccupy Gaza. Kirby indicated that they are discussing the future of governance in Gaza in the period after the rule of the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ), and that they will not accept a return to the situation as it was before the war, as he put it. The White House also stated that Hamas cannot be part of the future in Gaza, and consultations are underway regarding the form of governance there.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said after the US State Department's statements that Israel does not want to rule Gaza or impose civil administration in the Strip. He added that they are looking forward to handing over the rule of Gaza to an alliance that includes America, Europe, Islamic countries, or local leaders in the Strip.

Netanyahu confirmed during an interview with the American ABC News channel , that Israel will assume, for an indefinite period, overall security responsibility in Gaza, saying that when they do not assume security in Gaza, they will face Hamas attacks on a scale they cannot imagine.

In an open letter addressed to US President Joe Biden, leaders of progressive groups dedicated to mobilizing young voters have issued a warning that his handling of the genocide in Gaza could lead to decreased turnout among a demographic known to be challenging to engage on Election Day. The letter, obtained by NBC News, first was signed by the heads of organizations like March for Our Lives, United We Dream, Gen Z for Change, and the Sunrise Movement emphasizes the critical importance of young voter enthusiasm and mobilization.

"We are experts in youth voting behavior who have worked tirelessly across the years to generate Generation Z and Millennial enthusiasm for civic action under a variety of circumstances," the letter read. These groups take credit for mobilizing record youth turnout in the 2020 election, which played a significant role in securing Biden's victory. "We write to you to issue a very stark and unmistakable warning: you and your Administration's stance on Gaza risks millions of young voters staying home or voting third party next year."

The generational divide is reflected in Biden's declining approval ratings among Democrats, with Gallup reporting an 11-point drop in the past month, particularly among young voters. A New York Times-Siena College poll in five swing states found that only 5% of voters under 30 "strongly approve" of Biden's job performance, with 25% "somewhat approving."

The Diplomat magazine, which is based in Washington, published a lengthy report by Bangladeshi writer Janatwal Pyal in which he explains the change in India’s position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the change in this position from strong support for Palestinian rights to strong support for Israel. The writer began with a historical narration of the Indian position on the conflict and its fluctuations, saying that India voted in 1947 against the partition of Palestine in the United Nations General Assembly, and was the first non-Arab country to recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in 1974. It was also one of the first countries to recognize In the State of Palestine in 1988.

He added that when India recognized the creation of Israel in 1950, it did not establish diplomatic relations with it until 1992, and previous Indian governments mostly maintained quiet relations with Israel. However, on October 27, India took a much stronger pro-Israel stance than is usual during Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, and was among the countries that opposed the United Nations resolution calling for a “humanitarian truce” in Gaza.

The writer pointed out that just a few hours after the Islamic Resistance Movement " Hamas " launched its attack on Israel on the seventh of last month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was one of the first world leaders to condemn this attack. The writer quoted Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center for Research in Washington, as saying, “India views the current conflict as a war to combat terrorism, and views the Israeli attack on Gaza as an operation to combat terrorism, and considers that counter-terrorism operations should not stop. ” "For humanitarian truces."

India's policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict changed, beginning with the emergence of Hindu nationalism in India, the electoral "agenda" of the current government, its efforts to maintain good relations with the United States at all costs, and the ultimate goal of the Hindu nationalists, which is to establish permanent Hindu sovereignty. On Muslims.

He added that when New Delhi wanted to join the global economy and get closer to the United States, it began to approach Israel, and during the era of Narendra Modi , the relationship accelerated to the point of a strategic relationship, and the Modi government continued to promote that supporting Israel would help India turn into a Hindu state and transform India into a global power.

Pamela Philipose, a prominent journalist and researcher based in Delhi, concluded that the Indian government believes it can benefit from portraying Hamas as a “representative of Islamic terrorism” and its support for Israel as part of its anti-Islamic political orientation, stressing that India “views its relationship with... “Israel and the United States are among her main priorities,” which is the reason behind her government’s current pro-Israel stance.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for putting an immediate end to the deadly Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. They made the appeal in a phone conversation when discussing the latest developments in the enclave. Raisi also called for stopping the killing of civilians in Gaza, saying it had enraged the world's "free peoples" and could have transregional consequences. Modi expressed concern over the unfavorable situation in Gaza, condemning "Israel's killing of civilians in the enclave," calling for diplomatic efforts to find a solution to the conflict and prevent its expansion to the rest of the region.

The American website The Intercept reported, in a report, that the director of the National Counterterrorism Center in the United States used the October 7 attack by the Palestinian resistance led by Hamas - the Al-Aqsa flood - on the Israeli occupation to justify the renewal of a mass surveillance program for American citizens.

The report, written by Daniel Boguslaw, a correspondent based in Washington, DC, explained that the US intelligence community is facing calls to reform Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which enables the US government to collect vast amounts of intelligence information, including about US citizens, under the category extensive foreign intelligence information, without first seeking a judicial order.

He pointed out that during a US Senate press conference last week, a federal counter-terrorism official cited the Hamas attack on October 7 and urged Congress to reauthorize the sprawling and controversial surveillance program. Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Christine Abizaid, said before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, after repeatedly referring to the Hamas attack, that the “terrorist” threat landscape is very dynamic and America must maintain the basics of “counterterrorism” to ensure constant vigilance.

It is noteworthy that this program, which is scheduled to end at the end of this year, was approved in 1978, and was greatly expanded in the wake of the September 11 attacks, and while it was originally described as a means of collecting information about foreign entities, it allows the targeting of American citizens who are Contact with foreign nationals.

This loophole, the writer says, makes it easy for federal agencies to target large segments of the US population, especially Muslims, Arabs, and supporters of the Palestinian cause, and has been criticized for years by civil liberties advocates who view it as a clear example of violations committed by the government.