Opinion poll: Half of Israelis see the priority of recovering prisoners over “destroying Hamas”. According to the poll, 36%, who are from the extreme right, said that the goal of the war should be to destroy the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip.
71% of Israelis believe that general elections should be held in the country before the scheduled date of November 2026. Israel estimates that there are about 136 Israeli prisoners in Gaza, while it detains at least 8,800 Palestinians in its prisons.