Maariv: Hamas is still the de facto ruler of Gaza and the war council lives in imagination. The Israeli newspaper Maariv said that the War Council (led by Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and Benny Gantz) by pinning hopes that it will be able to easily find a civilian alternative to Hamas in Gaza.
The writer was surprised at how the General Staff had not yet announced a military rule that would immediately replace the civilian rule that Hamas was establishing. He adds that all commentators and journalists oppose military rule in Gaza and "promote civil rule that only exists in their wild imagination"