Zionists Express Anger and Criticism Over Ceasefire: We Achieved No Goals
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and Al-mayadeen, reports published in Israeli media following the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip-especially given that Palestinian resistance remains in the enclave-indicate widespread dissatisfaction among Israelis with both the war’s outcome and the ceasefire itself.
In this context, Yariv Levin, Israel’s Deputy Prime minister and Minister of Justice, said this agreement comes at a heavy price. He described freeing “terrorists” as an extremely high cost and added: “We will continue our efforts to ensure Hamas does not regain weapons or control over Gaza.”
Zeev Yehezkeli, an Israeli analyst on Arab affairs, stated: “Hamas was neither destroyed nor removed from the scene. The question is: Have we won? have we eliminated Hamas’s ideology and threat?”
Baruch Yedid, another Israeli journalist and analyst, criticized the idea behind releasing Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails by saying Hamas successfully fulfilled its vow regarding their release.
Simultaneously occurring, Avi Issacharoff, Arab affairs analyst for Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, claimed that Hamas scored a political victory over Tel Aviv on both domestic and international stages.
He added that widespread destruction and high casualty numbers will fuel hatred toward Israel not only in Gaza and the West Bank but around the world. “Go to any city in Europe,” he said, “and you will see just how politically defeated Tel Aviv appears.”
This Israeli analyst pointed to global solidarity protests across Europe supporting Gaza. He emphasized that Hamas succeeded in mobilizing grassroots movements there while Tel Aviv failed.
Issacharoff warned that one of Netanyahu’s cabinet’s most humiliating failures has been losing public opinion support in America-including within parts of the Republican Party-turning sentiment against Tel Aviv. He also cited recognition of Palestine by major Western countries as one of Hamas’s political achievements stemming from Tel Aviv’s strategic failures.
The analyst noted that despite extensive destruction in Gaza,approximately 67,000 Palestinian deaths,and loss of senior military leaders within Hamas,this movement views Operation Al-Aqsa Storm as nothing short of a victory. Israel has transformed what was originally a military campaign into a political struggle but overlooked its initial wartime goals.
A far-right Israeli media outlet calling itself “The doctrine for Combat for Israel’s Army” criticized Israel’s army welcoming the ceasefire deal with these words: “What happened? Who told you to welcome this agreement? Are you a political party? Your duty was to eliminate Hamas.”
Ofra Levinson,an Israeli writer for Haaretz newspaper,stated that extreme right-wing ideas have ended. She remarked: “Under this ceasefire neither is Gaza occupied nor are settlements established there.”
