In the video: raids on terrorist infrastructures and finding mortar bombs in UNRA bags/photo: Doch
While in the background the talks continue on a new outline for the release of the abductees from Hamas, in which the terrorist organization demands a six-week ceasefire, sources in the security establishment say that Hamas conducts "cruel and cold" negotiations and any proposal should be treated accordingly.
The sources clarified that the IDF will know how to deal with a fixed six-week truce, but the fear among them is that the next stage in the negotiations at the end of the truce will include a demand for a complete cessation of hostilities with a demand for the release of soldiers.
Security officials made it clear in one of the discussions with the top political echelon that Israel cannot agree to such a move since it would force the end of the war and the return of Hamas to control the Gaza Strip in a way that is contrary to the goals of the war.
One of the sources said that the IDF already knew how to deal with the previous truce, when hostages were released several times over the course of two weeks, during which a large number of terrorists who tried to threaten the forces in the field contrary to the agreement were killed. The source added that the IDF will know how to deal with a longer truce, Six weeks, but we must not lose the freedom of action in the future in order to harm terrorism, "there are many more infrastructures that need to be taken care of and senior figures that need to be killed. The goals of the war must be achieved."
Activity of IDF forces in the Gaza Strip/IDF spokesperson
Officials in the defense system suggested to the prime minister in closed talks that he go to negotiations that would include one long pause in exchange for the release of all the abductees without a commitment to end the war, and regardless, in order to increase the pressure, "manipulate in the first stage to parts of Rafah without hesitation".
Meanwhile, officials in the defense system The Defense Forces said that the planning phase for a ground maneuver in Rafah is underway, and large parts of it have been presented to Defense Minister Yoav Galant and approved. But despite the advanced stage, the IDF is afraid of a ground maneuver in Rafah in the shadow of international criticism and a fear of fighting in a very dense civilian space, so it seems that the army is "dragging its feet" regarding the maneuver .
The officials insisted that a maneuver of any kind in Rafah, subject to the evacuation of civilians from combat zones, would increase the pressure on the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip and abroad.
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