Peloni: This is all very good news.
Humanitarian aid will be provided only in certain zones
Israel’s leadership is planning to resume the war against Hamas within four to six weeks with a significantly changed strategy, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
A senior Western diplomat told the Times of Israel that Israel is preparing for a return to war.
The Beacon’s report comes amid uncertainty over the continuation of the ceasefire, with its first phase coming to an end this week. On Thursday, Israel declared that it would not withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor, while the Hamas terrorist organization continues to insist on an end to the war and to remain in power in Gaza.
If the fighting resumes, the IDF’s tactics will see a dramatic shift, the Beacon reported, citing “several current and former Israeli officials with knowledge of high-level discussions.”
The main catalyst for the change will be incoming IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. According to the report, Zamir has been tasked with formulating a plan for Israeli forces to swiftly capture the entire Gaza Strip, deploying a significantly larger number of soldiers at once than in previous operations.
Until now, the IDF’s ground operation strategy has involved large-scale raids, with multiple brigades advancing into a specific area to eliminate terrorists and destroy infrastructure before withdrawing. This approach has successfully eliminated a significant portion of Hamas fighters and rendered most of its battalions inoperative.
However, the withdrawals enabled Hamas to re-establish its control over most parts of the enclave. The terror group has been busy recruiting new members and attempting to restore its capabilities.
The new plan calls for the simultaneous deployment of four to five divisions across the Gaza Strip while the civilian population will be relocated to designated humanitarian zones, where all aid will be exclusively provided.
“There will be no aid outside the humanitarian zones,” Kobi Michael, a former senior Israeli military intelligence official told the Beacon.
“This will prevent Hamas from continuing to steal all the humanitarian aid and will increase pressure on the group through the local population.”
Some elements of the proposal resemble the “Generals’ Plan,” which was presented to the political leadership but, so far, has not been implemented.
Hezi Nehama, a former Israeli colonel and one of the authors of the “Generals’ Plan,” told the Beacon that the new plan “will look different than what we saw in the war until now.”
According to Nehama, Zamir estimates that the operation would take up to six months.
An anonymous government official told the Beacon that Israeli cabinet ministers have “completely rejected” the IDF approach to the fighting until now and accused outgoing IDF chief, Herzi Halevi, of “doing everything he can to prevent victory in the war.”
“Behind the scenes, there are discussions with Zamir, which are much more constructive,” the official added. “We hope to see him take leadership of the military and execute his plans.”
Nehama said that Zamir rejected Halevi’s latest plans in a recent meeting.
“He told the prime minister and the defense minister that he would present them with another plan, much more aggressive and decisive with many more troops involved.”
Zamir is reportedly set to present his plan to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz soon after taking office next week.
While Zamir’s plan will significantly change the military’s strategy, it reportedly doesn’t include new initiatives for the “day after” the war and the open question of who will rule the enclave in place of Hamas.
The Western diplomat told the Times that Israel will continue to prioritize the destruction of Hamas, believing that proposing any alternative while Hamas remains in power would be futile.
He called this approach “misguided,” arguing that Israel should be planning ahead while fighting is still going on.
“Otherwise, what you will have is indefinite Israeli occupation and Hamas insurgency.”
@Edgar Yes, well I’ve long held that Gaza suffered from the absence of a level playing field.
hope they blast it flat first because 50,000 troops most of whom will be in Gaza make a large target.
@fquigley
We should be blessed with a million such enemies as you falsely libel Sebastien to be.
The near universal dislike of Trotsky among the Zionist credo, yourself notwithstanding, defies your deep respect for this icon of the Russian revolution – a revolution which saw our people marginalized, ostracized, victimized, dehumanized and slaughtered, albeit not so well organized nor so completely as was achieved under the subsequent Nazi regime.
Was Trotsky really a ‘murdering bastard’? Perhaps this is a question for the ages to ponder, or perhaps you will write something which explains to us all how this is not actually true, subject to an open debate on your claims. In any event, I find the outcome of such a conclusion as Sebastien has stated to be less significant to the plight of our people, or our nation, or the survival of either, than do you, yourself, exclaim.
Hence, since you think there needed to be an Editor comment made on this subject, you can now be content with the fact that it has been made.
@Felix Newsflash: Zionism and Trotskyism, which you have never defined, have nothing in common. You are trying to hijack the one to resuscitate the other in your own image. And you have just finished calling the editors traitors, to what I’m sure I don’t know, and now you expect them to humor you? Talk about chutzpah. Or perhaps dementia. You’ve been doing this for over 20 years? You said you don’t respect Jonathan Tobin of JNS because he has no achievements under his belt. What are yours? You’ve never said. I have no doubt that your response is going to be another round of sloganeering and name-calling – trying to sound like Marx – and indistinguishable from Stalin to any uninitiated outsider.
Sebastien Zorn
I mean it. This calumny I quoted against Trotsky WHICH YOU MADE needs to be ACTED UPON by the editors
You have shown up to be an enemy of Zionism and Jews right to a national homeland
It cannot be allowed to stand!
The need for a Trotskyist Party
“The Western diplomat told the Times that Israel will continue to prioritize the destruction of Hamas, believing that proposing any alternative while Hamas remains in power would be futile.
He called this approach “misguided,” arguing that Israel should be planning ahead while fighting is still going on.
“Otherwise, what you will have is indefinite Israeli occupation and Hamas insurgency.”. ”
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This publication should BE NAMING this diplomat
And furthermore Trotsky would not be disclosing any plans after Hamas is defeated.
The cheek of this foreign diplomat.
Furthermore Israel is fighting a war and all hostile press should be nowhere in Israel
Especially the BBC.
AND
Why is Israel not removing the so called civilians to the Sinai?
AND IN PREPARATION
why is the tunnel breaches of the border not being published every single day? This is both a propaganda and a military war.
The model for victory is the model of how Lenin and Trotsky fought the Pogromists to THEIR defeat in 1918 to 1921
The contrast with Israel is very deep as well as sharp
This in light of that your continued commenter on israpundit Zorn should be questioned about his “Trotsky was a murdering bastard”
That caused real damage to Israel.
As long as this senior western diplomat remains anonymous, he could simply be some old guy in the deep state.