Unprecedented criticism at the political level against the new Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. This follows a 'horror scenario' he presented to the cabinet regarding the reoccupation of the Gaza Strip.
According to a report by Tamir Morag this evening (Monday) on Channel 14's main edition, at the cabinet meeting held last Thursday, Eyal Zamir presented the army's plans, and predicted a very large number of casualties among IDF soldiers, on a scale reminiscent of the first maneuver to occupy the Gaza Strip - even though Hamas is much weaker today than it was at the beginning of the war.
Against the backdrop of these things, a political source this evening sharply criticized the new Chief of Staff: "Instead of Eyal Zamir taking control of the system, the system took control of Eyal Zamir. The IDF is once again trying to intimidate the political echelon with terror scenarios regarding the occupation of the Gaza Strip.".
According to the report, there is a major disagreement among decision-makers and professional echelons regarding the Chief of Staff's assessment.
A professional source who is very familiar with the IDF's plans also says that the figures cited by Zamir are far from reality, and that the number of IDF casualties is expected to be several orders of magnitude lower.
On the other hand, another security source says: "Reoccupying the Strip would be a war for all intents and purposes. Hamas rebuilt some of the tunnels during the ceasefire. We also found several tunnels several kilometers long, which cross the Morag axis and connect Rafah to Khan Yunis.".
However, the same source also speaks of signs of a certain weakening of Hamas's grip on the Gazan population, and presented as an example several recent incidents when Hamas terrorists who sought to launch rockets from neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip were expelled from there by the residents - a new phenomenon in the current war.
The bottom line: There is a consensus at the political level that there will be no escape from occupying the Strip and toppling Hamas, but there is disagreement among the decision-makers and between them and the Chief of Staff regarding the manner and pace at which this should be done.
Against this background, the cabinet is expected to approve in the near future a significant escalation in the fighting in Gaza, which will also include the mobilization of reservists, but not yet on a full scale, but rather as part of a slow and cautious move to gradually conquer the Strip.
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