PNN – Referring to the regime’s continued Gaza war, the former head of the Israeli military intelligence department said: Tel Aviv has paid a heavy price for the Gaza war, and we should not deceive ourselves that war can solve all of Israel’s security challenges.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, quoted by Anadolu Agency, Tamir Hayman added: The war is not over and we must ask ourselves why the death toll is increasing and a complete victory has not been achieved.
He said: Real victory is not achieved by comparing the first day of the ceasefire, but by improving security over the years. Israelis should not be fooled into thinking that war can eliminate all the challenges facing Israel. There is no such thing as absolute security or peace. Israel is at a critical juncture because of the Gaza war.
Hyman also spoke about the northern occupied territories: Will Tel Aviv move toward war with Syria and the creation of a new buffer zone in Lebanon, or will it move toward normalizing relations with Lebanon and Syria under international supervision that will serve Israel’s interests?
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Since the beginning of the Gaza Strip War on October 7, 2023, and the unprecedented Operation “Al-Aqsa Storm” carried out by the Palestinian resistance forces in a surprising manner, the Israeli army has faced a series of heavy and costly blows; blows that have left profound effects on the Israeli army both on the field level and on the psychological and strategic level.
In the first days of the war, more than 1,200 Zionists were killed and hundreds were captured; an event that, according to many observers, is considered the most unprecedented intelligence and security failure of the occupying regime since its establishment.
Afterwards, in the extensive ground operations that the Israeli army launched to free prisoners and suppress the resistance, the Palestinian resistance inflicted heavy losses on Israeli military units through irregular warfare tactics, the use of complex tunnels, precise ambushes, and planned explosions.
During more than a year and a half of the war, Zionist sources have acknowledged the killing of hundreds of army soldiers, while unofficial statistics indicate higher casualties and thousands of injuries among the regime’s combat forces.
The Palestinian resistance also succeeded in destroying or capturing dozens of Merkava tanks, armored personnel carriers, drones, and advanced reconnaissance systems of the Israeli army.
Now, after more than 18 months, many observers believe that the Palestinian resistance, despite widespread destruction and human losses, has managed to change the equations of the battle and trap the Israeli army in an attrition and costly war in which there is no clear prospect of victory.