Dec 16, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The killing
of three hostages by the Israeli army, as a result of a well-planned ambush by
Hamas, has ignited the Israeli society, along with the families of the
hostages.
They took to the streets of Kaplan Street, a vital artery in Tel Aviv, and closed it.
This
military failure raised the number of hostages killed by Israeli fire in the
sector to twenty-three.
On the
other hand, the army, for the first time, acknowledges the occurrence of its
elements falling into various types of Hamas ambushes.
One of the
prominent tactics is Hamas deploying dolls in booby-trapped locations. As the
military unit approaches, cries for help in Hebrew are broadcast through
loudspeakers, prompting the unit members to storm the area where the explosives
are detonated.
These
scenes, along with the significant failure of the army, whether in rescue
operations or in not achieving more than forty percent of its goals in the war
on Gaza, according to the confession of military and security personnel, drove
Israelis to the streets. There, they threatened to go on a hunger strike until
the return of the hostages and the announcement of a ceasefire.
Under this
pressure, Benjamin Netanyahu moved and gave the green light again to Mossad
Chief David Barnea to reach a prisoner exchange deal soon.
Accordingly,
Barnea met with the Qatari Prime Minister in Norway in a step aimed at
resolving the captive file and potentially altering Israel's equation for the
continuation of the war.
The slogan
"Everyone and immediately," shouted by thousands of demonstrators in
the Israeli streets, alongside "Everyone for everyone and
immediately," puts political and military officials at a crossroads
regarding the fate of the fighting in the Gaza Strip.
There is a
fear of soldiers withdrawing from the battlefield after the revelation of
ambushes set by Hamas and the difficulty of fighting there.
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