Middle East Eye.net – Oct 7, 2024
Only 27 percent of Israelis think their government has defeated Hamas in its onslaught on the Gaza Strip that started a year ago, according to a new survey.
The poll, conducted by Israel’s national broadcaster KAN News and the Kantar Institute, interviewed a sample of 653 Israelis.
The results show that 35 percent think Israel has lost the war against Hamas, while the rest are unsure.
Asked if they would be willing to move to one of the communities in southern Israel close to Gaza after the war ends, only 14 percent said they would consider living there, while 86 percent said they were unwilling.
Former and current Israeli military officials have also said they are losing the war on Gaza and Hamas is winning.
Major-General Gadi Shamni, a former commander of the Israeli military’s Gaza division, said in an interview with The New York Times last month that Hamas was winning the war, while Israel was losing, “and in a big way”.
He said the military capabilities of Hamas have undeniably been reduced, but the group still maintains control over Gaza.
Hamas members have been retaking towns across Gaza “15 minutes” after Israeli troops withdrew from them, he added.
A senior defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, separately told ABC News in September: “We are losing the war, we are losing deterrence, we are losing the hostages.”
Monday marks one year since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, which followed a massive attack by Hamas-led fighters in southern Israel.
The Hamas attack killed 1,139 people, most of them civilians, and more than 250 were taken into Gaza as captives, 97 of whom are believed to be still in Gaza.
The subsequent and ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza has killed nearly 42,000 people, the majority of them women and children, according to UN figures.
Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas on 7 October, was assassinated in Tehran in July. His successor, Yahya Sinwar, is believed to be in Gaza.
Multiple ceasefire proposals have been rejected by Israel over the past year, including a UN Security Council resolution, as Israel insists on eliminating Hamas rather than reaching a political end to the conflict.
there have ben marches every single day since october 7 last year all across
the UK in support of palestine, but government are not listening
they did not listen on Tony blairs war on the people of iraq
when a million people died we marched then in our milions
then to rub salt in the wound the jews made toerag tony middle east peace keeper
the death of every jew isa triumph for the rest of the world
this London holocaust memorial to the 6 milion jews is a travesty
it should be to the milions in palestine
and milions of non jews
Israelis on X Twitter are explaining that under Jewish law, only a Jew can be ‘raped’. And that anyone opposed to Jews implementing Jewish law, is ‘anti-semitic’.
According to jewish law they are allowed to rape children as long a s they are not jewish
The angry Israeli mob storming military bases, in order to support immunity for those torturing Palestinians, seems unique amongst nations.
Erdogan threatens that Türkey may have intervene, and enter Israel to help Palestinians.
The people are up for it even more than those of the UK
Oy vey, isn’t that what filthy jews always do?play victim.like ww2
Nonsense. its all going according to plan. figure it out: since Oct 7 was a IDF-Mossad hoax then everything that proceeds from it is predetermined as well…
@WINSTON SMITH
you are right . Israel did what FD Roosevelt did with
the japanese : LET THEM GO INTO OUR KNIFE !
a devilish jewish methode !