Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet have decided to hold off on waging all-out war in Gaza, allowing more time for negotiations and to free Israeli hostages. Pressure from President Joe Biden and other Western leaders influenced the decision.
Yossi Melman, in Tel Aviv, is a defense and security analyst for Haaretz. Dan Raviv, in Washington, is a former CBS News correspondent. Their latest book is “Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel’s Secret Wars.”appeared hard to define. Was this the major invasion that’s been expected for three weeks? It was not, but Israel’s official spokespeople were seemingly being intentionally vague.
Among the clearest voices saying the hostages’ welfare must come first is that of Tamir Pardo, a former head of the Mossad who was himself an IDF commando soldier. Known for thinking outside the box, he expressed to us that military rescues—even with the well-practiced expertise of Israel’s most elite fighters—would be impossible, with hostages divided into many groups in perhaps unreachable underground lairs.
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