""We lost points in strategy": The commentator on the loss in 'Alot Hashachar'"

August 9, 2022   

Two days after the end of Operation Dawn, Israel is trying to take stock and look to the future in its confrontation with Gaza. A service revolution in public transportation: Why is it now more profitable to travel? Zvika Yehezkeli, a commentator on News 13, was a guest on Erel Segal's show on 103FM, and commented on the end of the operation: "Strategically, we lost points. Let's put this operation in perspective. Tactically, it was successful. It achieved some great goals in three days and nothing more. Israel isolated Jihad as if Hamas were a good landlord. Hamas uses Jihad as a disturbed child, as a subcontractor. Jihad can't fire without Hamas, and Israel played the game." He noted: "Hamas wants more lenience because it was the responsible adult. There will come a day when Hamas enters the operation, it will be a long time with heavier missiles and we are in some kind of problem here. Hamas's DNA is jihadist, Hamas is a jihadist entity, whose goal is not to have us here. The question is how many tactics they use along the way to achieve their goal.". In this context, he referred to the Muslim Brotherhood's working method: "The Muslim Brotherhood are masters of zigzags and pragmatism. Quiet - arming, that's even more scum than war. There is an element in the Qatari coffers called the Gaza Strip Reconstruction Fund, which Israel asked to monitor all cement and concrete entering Gaza. But the question is why are we strengthening Hamas." The commentator explained what he believes is the way to act in Gaza: "There will be no escape one day from overthrowing the Hamas regime and holding new elections there. Hamas is an idea that failed in the Gaza Strip, the Gazans will not choose Hamas, I'm sure of that. They always want the option of being able to break the table and say they want to go to jihad.".