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Israelis believe Netanyahu should take responsibility for the October 7 attacks

  • October 20, 2023
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Most Israelis believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahumust publicly take responsibility for the security failures that led to the terrorist attacks in the south of the country on

Most Israelis believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahumust publicly take responsibility for the security failures that led to the terrorist attacks in the south of the country on the 7th, carried out by the Islamist group Hamas from the Gaza Strip, according to a survey published this Friday by the newspaper Maariv.

They died in these attacks 1,400 people, the vast majority Israeli citizensand another 200 people of various nationalities were kidnapped, and the Israeli response led to the deaths of more than 4,100 people in the Gaza Strip.

In the survey 80% of respondents argues that Netanyahu must take responsibility, something he has so far failed to do publicly, a view shared even by 69% of those who voted for him in the November 2022 elections in which his party, the right-wing Likud, won. , which subsequently led a government coalition with other far-right and ultra-Orthodox groups, considered the most conservative in Israeli history.

At the moment, the Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces has publicly taken responsibility for the mistakes. General Herzi Halevi; Director of the Internal Intelligence Service (Shin Bet), Roen Bar; Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallantand head of the financial department, Bezalel Smotrich, but there has not yet been a single resignation or dismissal in the command staff.

As for who would currently be the best Prime Minister of Israel, 49% of respondents He chose the leader of the National Unity Party (center-right) and former defense minister Benny Ganzhitherto in opposition, but after the Hamas attacks accepted Netanyahu’s call to join an emergency government, while only 28% favored Netanyahu remaining in power.

Regarding Israel’s response to Hamas, 65% of respondents support the offensive overland in the Gaza Strip, compared with 21 percent who reject it, and even 51 percent who favor expanding it to the Lebanese border to combat the Shiite Hzibulah group, which has also carried out attacks into Israeli territory.

Gaza Strip after terrorist attacks | Photo via Reuters

On the other hand, this Friday the Tel Aviv headquarters of the Likud party was covered in fake blood, and the walls were covered with photographs of some of them. hostages taken by Palestinian Hamas on the 7th.

According to Israeli media, the attack must have been carried out last night and its authors, still unknown, want to send a clear message that Netanyahu and his government are responsible for the many casualties of the attack, which triggered a war between Israel and Hamas. centered in Gaza, but with implications in the West Bank, as well as in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon.

In recent days, there have been protests against the position of the Israeli government, which is accused, among other things, of committing various security mistakes that led to the unprecedented Hamas attack.

In the specific case of hostages The families accuse Netanyahu of a lack of flexibility and efficiency in handling the case. and giving them little information.

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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