The signs of the dispute between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Eyal Zamir, have become very clear, and it was reported by famous newspapers and sites such as “The New York Times” and BBC, and the reason for the dispute is Gaza.
It seems that the Israeli army, which has carried out the “Gideon” operation since mid -May, which relates to the occupation of parts of Gaza and the displacement of its people from it, this operation may stop and will not be completed, in light of the refusal of the Army Chief of Staff, Netanyahu, the occupation of the entire Gaza Strip.
The difference in views between Netanyahu and Zamir, who reached a signs of disagreement, relates to the idea of Netanyahu in the release of detainees in Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and this will not come -according to Netanyahu -except after the occupation of the entire sector, and this idea is rejected by the Israeli army chief of staff for considerations, including: the danger of occupying the sector on the hostages themselves -as BBC -especially with the threats of Hamas indicated By killing all detainees, if Israel occupies the Strip, as well as a significant decrease in the morale of the Israeli army, and their feeling of despair and frustration, to the point of 16 soldiers suicide this year, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, due to the difficult scenes that soldiers were exposed to during the war, the loss of friends, and the inability to contain this war that has been going on for nearly two years.
The Israeli army stated in the last statistic issued about two weeks ago, and published by the Israeli newspaper “Yediot Aharonot”, that the army lost 893 soldiers since the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, including 451 who were killed in the land battles in the Strip, as well as the injury of 6099 soldiers, including 2,800 people in land battles inside Gaza, including 15 soldiers in a serious condition, 148 in moderate condition, and 4 Speaking.
Perhaps these statistics made the Chief of Staff refuse to implement the prime minister’s decision to occupy the entire Gaza Strip, and even canceled the state of the army that was in effect since October 7, 2023, in order to ensure the elements of the army and the low psychological crises and morale they are going through, while the Prime Minister sees the need to continue in military operations; Because of the pressures he is exposed to from the families of the hostages in particular.
This difference divided Israel into two halves, a supporter of Netanyahu, and a second supporter of the Chief of Staff, and the latter with him the senior army officers standing strongly, which makes Netanyahu’s position in great embarrassment, especially since he has not yet implemented his threat to dismiss the chief of staff because of his violation of “orders”, because this dismissal may increase the dispute, and may lead to discord and the army coup against Netanyahu Will it not reach this extent?
