From Lebanon to Gaza: ’Israel’ Tells of Its Defeat

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July 2006... July 2014 : From Lebanon to Gaza, the "Israeli" hysteria is repeated with bloody massacres against children and women in the sieged area.

However, it had become clear, when "Israel" is failing it becomes more and more brutal. And here are some of this indication in the "Israeli" dailies.

In its opinion piece, Haaretz viewed that the "Operation Protective Edge began as a military operation in the Gaza Strip, defined by the "IDF" as a limited one. By Sunday, Chief-of-Staff Benny Gantz was already talking of a ‘campaign.' With the current intensity of the fighting and the high number of casualties, the media may soon define this, with some exaggeration, as a war."

"The "Israeli" public, followed by politicians, considers an event as a war only according to one criterion: the number of casualties. This number climbed to 18 yesterday. The question to be addressed in the coming days is whether it is still possible to stop now and halt the slide into a full-blown war," it added.

Moreover, the "Israeli" daily highlighted that Gaza war is much similar to 2006 Lebanon's curse:

"During yesterday's fighting in Shujaiyeh, the eastern neighborhood of Gaza, thirteen soldiers from the Golani Brigade were killed, as well as sixty Palestinians, apparently half of whom were civilians. This battle is almost on the scale of the Lebanon War."

Moreover, it mentioned: "Apparently the maneuver had another objective. Hamas, like Hizbullah in Lebanon, has constructed its defenses in arcs facing "Israel". In Shujaiyeh it posted one of its strongest battalions, in one of the innermost arcs."
"The "Israeli" public, most of which adapted with admirable serenity to rocket fire on the home front, will now have to also bear the burden of combat deaths. The wild rampage on social networks is not exactly assisting in dissipating passions.

An exaggerated wave of rumors spread yesterday. At its low point, not only were the names of victims posted on ‘whatsapp' before families had been notified, but pictures of coffins prepared at a central base for casualties in Shujaiyeh were shown as well. This was long before the media were allowed to report the casualties. If reserve soldiers were responsible for this it is scandalous."

For its part, the "Israeli" Ynet daily confirmed that Hamas is running the war.
"People switch on the television, hear retired generals and government ministers chatter in their ears about strategy, and reach the conclusion that "Israel" is waging a military operation in Gaza," it mentioned.

The newspaper also mentioned: "The conflict isn't being run by "Israel", but by Hamas. From the first day of this event, we have belonged to the responding, dragged side."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team