The Hebrew newspaper "Haaretz" considered that the success of the war on Gaza depends on three factors: the release of prisoners, the destruction of the tunnel network, and the liquidation of senior leaders of the Hamas movement, and it revealed sharp disagreements between members of the Israeli War Council regarding the prisoner exchange deal.

In an analysis by its military correspondent, Amos Harel, he said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fears the deal will be rejected by representatives of the extreme right in his government, and fears the exit of War Council member Benny Gantz, who supports the deal, from the emergency government, and then its disintegration, which will increase the chances of a clash between him. With the administration of President Joe Biden.

She pointed out that the Israeli army will face greater military resistance in the coming days, although Hamas also seems to find it difficult to form an organized defense against the enormous military force it faces.

According to the newspaper, the most important issue for the Israelis is the prisoners, and in this regard, it pointed to the efforts made by Qatar and the United States to reach a “temporary agreement” according to which all 70 mothers and children detained by Hamas and other factions would be released.

According to "Haaretz", there is a controversy within the War Council, as ministers from the National Unity Party, including Benny Gantz but mainly former Army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, believe that Israel must seize the opportunity and rescue everyone it can immediately. Otherwise, their lives will be in danger.

Indicating the division within the War Council, the newspaper reported that, in contrast to the position of the Ministers of the National Unity Party, there is another camp that sees otherwise, led by Defense Minister Yoav Galant and supported in part by the current Israeli Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy and senior officers of the army and the General Security Service. (Shin Bet).

Supporters of this camp argue that the momentum should not be stopped and military pressure on Hamas should not be intensified, because this is the only way through which further concessions can be extracted.

She talked about another controversy surrounding the necessity of Israel insisting on the release of all 70 women and children who were included in the initial list, as a minimum, before concluding any deal.

She criticized Netanyahu because he has not yet crystallized his final position on the prisoner deal because he is “preoccupied” with political considerations and is concerned about the possibility of being outdone by Ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, who are adopting a more stringent position on this issue.

Haaretz does not rule out that this continued refusal to reach an agreement will be the “straw that breaks the camel’s back,” which may break the “fragile” government coalition.

It advises decision-makers in the Israeli army to take into consideration two things: first, that their plans could be disrupted by unexpected variables, mainly related to friction with Palestinian civilians, and second: that the American guarantee will not last forever given the political restrictions that Biden must have. To deal with it on his internal front.