'Civil War' in Israel: Mossad Calls for Ceasefire: 'You Are Weak', Netanyahu Says

While everyone is waiting for the conflict in the Middle East to escalate, an internal conflict seems to be brewing in Israel between Benjamin Netanyahu and the heads of the army and Mossad. The heads of the Israeli intelligence services are calling for a ceasefire and de-escalation of the situation, but the Israeli Prime Minister wants to go all the way.

According to the Financial Times, Israeli security and defense officials are pushing for a truce, but Benjamin Netanyahu disagrees and rejects such a scenario.

Killing HaniaHamas' representative at the talks, Israeli PM effectively ends ceasefire and hostage talkswhich were conducted with the mediation of the USA, Egypt and Qatar. “How can you continue negotiations when one side kills the other side's negotiator?” Qatar and Egypt reacted after the assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran.

Between Netanyahu and top security officials“there are disagreements” about the merits of the deal, a source familiar with the Israeli discussions told the Financial Times.At this point, all security officials believe that there are no obstacles for Israel to reach an agreement, but Netanyahu must agree,” he added.

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The ceasefire in Gaza is estimated to lead directly to de-escalation of all regional tensions in the Middle East, especially between Israel and the Iran-Hezbollah axis. According to Israeli media, Among the officials supporting the peace talks are Israeli military chief Hershey Halevy, Mossad chief David Barnea and Shin Bet internal security agency chief Ronen Barr.

Even Defense Minister Yoav Galland is reported to be in favor of a peace deal.”It is important to reach an immediate agreement on the return of the hostages,” he said at a recent meeting with his Italian counterpart, refuting Netanyahu's long-standing position that the only way to free the hostages is to continue the war and destroy Hamas.

A source told the Financial Times that virtually all defence officials present at the crucial meeting last week were in favour of reaching an agreement.

Netanyahu: “You are weak”

The rift between Netanyahu and senior defense and security officials has also been confirmed by several Israeli media outlets. The Chanell 12 newspaper even published an excerpt from a dialogue between Netanyahu and other officials.

“You are weak,” the Israeli prime minister told them. – You don't know how to negotiate…”.

“Instead of putting pressure on the prime minister, put pressure on Shinwar,” he added, referring to the Hamas political and military leader in Gaza, who Israel believes is the mastermind behind the October 7 attack, the deadliest on the Jewish state since the Yom Kippur War nearly half a century ago.

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In turn, Israeli defense and security officials pointed out to Netanyahu that after 10 months of war, Hamas had been dealt a serious blow and no longer posed a threat to the country. They noted that there was still a chance to free the approximately 115 hostages who were still alive. Let us recall that about 30% of the abducted people were killed during Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip.

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