Decisiveness is far from being achieved for Israel

A decision is far from Israel's reach, according to what its military analysts confirm almost unanimously, for many other reasons, including: its inability to achieve significant progress in causing damage to what they describe as "weapon and ammunition manufacturing factories" in the possession of "Hamas."

The Palestinian resistance’s confrontation with the Israeli war machine in the Gaza Strip, as well as its steadfastness, despite the war approaching the end of its fourth month, requires more Israeli recognition of the impossibility of reaching a decisive point in the ongoing battles.

The culmination of these confessions, in the past few days, was represented by what was issued by two former senior military and security leaders: the first is the former Chief of Staff of the Army and Minister in the Military Ministerial Council, Gadi Eisenkot, who confirmed that anyone who talks about absolute decisiveness does not say the truth, he tells fairy tales. The second is the former head of the General Security Service (Shin Bet) and former minister, Yaakov Peri, who indicated that the Israeli army is still far from resolving the war and from achieving the goals that were set to achieve resolution.

Coinciding with the time of writing these lines, soldiers in the Israeli army and officers in the reserve formations organized a protest activity against their discharge from military service under the slogan “We were discharged without the battle being won.” Although the protest expresses anger due to the lack of intention to reach a resolution, at the same time, it reveals the inability to achieve it, and what Israel has not been able to achieve until now due to its declaration of war on Gaza.

It is noted in more than one place in the published Israeli war literature that among the direct motives for talking about decisiveness and the eagerness for it and its necessity, there is the most prominent motive for Israel to achieve what is described as a distinguished achievement that would be equivalent to the great achievement recorded by the Al-Aqsa Flood attack by the movement. Hamas on October 7. To clarify what is meant, it is sufficient to quote what the former Knesset member and former Secretary of the Israeli Government, Zvi Hauser, said: The worst portent of the Al-Aqsa flood attack, which should preoccupy Israel for a long time, is that there is a loss of any feelings of fear and dread from it, which is something that would lead to a strategic achievement. Long-term, on a level beyond the Palestinian arena, it will only be squandered by a parallel Israeli strategic achievement embodied in the dismantling of Hamas’ capabilities, which is something that no indications have yet accumulated that it is actually happening, or is about to happen. In his opinion, the measure of restoring Israeli deterrence lies in restoring this feeling of fear of the strict Israeli reaction, and this is not suggested by the developments of the war in Gaza.

We must go on to say here that what is important about these approaches, and others like them widely spread in various Israeli media outlets, is to highlight some of the failures that affect the Israeli military performance in the context of the ongoing war on Gaza. However, it may be an appeal for Israel not to feel itself more powerful than it was, and at the same time, it indicates, albeit unintentionally, the capabilities and capabilities of the Palestinian resistance.

We must also add that a solution is out of reach for Israel, according to what its military analysts almost unanimously confirm, for many other reasons, including: its inability to achieve significant progress in causing damage to what they describe as “weapon and ammunition manufacturing factories” that it possesses. agitation"; The difficulty of releasing prisoners and abductees; Its inability to harm the leaders of the military wing of the Hamas movement. In addition to what was reported by foreign media from high-level Israeli military sources regarding the war not progressing according to the pace that was expected by the Israeli military establishment at its beginning. There was an expectation that the army would have operational control over the cities of Gaza, Khan Yunis, and Rafah by the end of 2023. But while this goal was achieved in Gaza City, the battles in Khan Yunis continue, and Israeli forces have not begun any serious operations in Rafah, located in the far south of the Strip.