During the new War Cabinet meeting, the decision was made to topple Hamas, but the ministers decided not to address the question of what would happen next: Who will rule the Gaza Strip; what will this look like; and what Israel's role will be in that constellation.
To everyone's dismay, the state budget has not been altered so that billions could be allocated to security and civilian causes stemming from the war.
The seeds for the Hamas atrocities were sowed already 18 years ago. Now is the time to repair this. We have no other choice.
The current situation means Israel is now able to not only to overthrow Hamas and to destroy its capabilities, but also to create a situation where the Gaza Strip no longer disturbs the State of Israel – neither politically, from a security point of view, economically, or in any other way.
Officials say that this war requires modifications to the operational plans that had been prepared in advance. It will be based on the aerial bombardment of Gaza, with thousands of targets and an unprecedented scale of damage to infrastructure and individuals – including those who until now had benefited from immunity.
The intention of “All Biden's Men” by their current conduct is to reflect their basic “operational code” in projecting unconditional credibility and determination pertaining to the realization of both their moral and formal commitments.
In view of this murderous assault, the policymakers must decide to immediately topple the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip and to remove all terrorists and weapons from it. In a war of life and death we no longer have the luxury of adhering to the familiar standards of past operations.
Any reasonable person could see that disaster was imminent and sound the alarm. The defense minister did it and was fired (and then reinstated with street protests), and the chief of staff and the heads of security organizations did it, but the prime minister didn't want to hear.
Like in the Yom Kippur War, the entire political and security leadership is accountable for the failure. The dire result is that even hours after the start of the attack, which erupted at 6:30 AM, there were still besieged towns, terrorists barricading themselves in houses, and a significant number of civilians and soldiers who had been kidnapped and taken into Gaza.
For Netanyahu, securing the freedom of hostages comes with painful personal memories. In 1976, his older brother was killed rescuing hostages at Entebbe airport in Uganda, an action the younger Netanyahu said shaped his future life.
