Many Israeli citizens blame Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to prevent Hamas attacks. transmits Anatolia. Almost 80% of Israelis share this view, according to a survey by the Lazar Institute.
According to the research, only 8 percent of the respondents did not blame Netanyahu for the Hamas attack on Israeli territory. At the same time, 65 percent of Israelis support a ground attack on the Gaza Strip, while only 21 percent of respondents are opposed.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. The Israeli air force launched strikes against hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, materials, electricity and fuel to the strip. Israel told the UN on October 13 that 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza 24 hours before the ground operation in Gaza.
Israeli military intelligence had previously taken over responsibility For the occupation of Hamas.