A senior Israeli political source launched a sharp rebuke against IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and the military leadership, warning that if the government adopts the IDF’s preferred strategy for Gaza, “the war will drag on with no decisive outcome.”
“There is currently no senior officer in the IDF advocating for a strategy of victory,” the source told Channel 14. “This is the result of Zamir’s tone and the fear among senior officers of contradicting him.”
Though Zamir once promoted a tougher, more aggressive path prior to his appointment, his current stance appears far removed from those earlier declarations. Still, the official stressed, the responsibility doesn’t lie solely with the military: “The political echelon also lacks the resolve to pursue Hamas’s defeat—making it easier to pass blame onto the IDF.”
Ultimately, the source noted, “Zamir is a soldier. If given an order to conquer Gaza and dismantle Hamas, he’ll carry it out.”
Nearly five months have passed since the last hostage deal—time Hamas used to regroup, delay, and entrench. Whether Israel is willing to pursue decisive victory remains uncertain.
The security cabinet, expected to convene in the coming days, faces a stark choice: full-scale conquest and the toppling of Hamas, or a strategy of attrition—encircling Gaza City and Hamas strongholds, and continuing low-intensity operations indefinitely.
In the end, the source concluded, the responsibility falls to one man: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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I do not envy any Israeli PM. The pressures must be enormous and so many voices saying so many different things. I honestly think the best thing anyone can do is pray for him. Do not instruct God as to what He should tell Bibi. There’s far too much of that with any leadership. Pray that God will lead, guide and inspire him. Remember that this a spiritual war and that the battle belongs to the LORD.