Analysts: The re-storming of the Shifa complex is evidence of failure and an effort to thwart the civil administration of the north

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Political analysts believe that the re-storming of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in the northern Gaza Strip by the Israeli occupation army gives clear evidence of its failure to achieve any achievement from its previous operations in the north. It also comes in the context of its efforts to thwart the experiments in delivering relief aid to the people of the north, which succeeded during the past two days.

The occupation forces stormed the Al-Shifa Complex building after bombing it - at dawn on Monday -, resulting in martyrs, injuries and the arrest of dozens. The occupation forces also announced that they assassinated Brigadier Fayek Al-Mabhouh, the head of police operations in the Gaza Strip and the coordinator of bringing aid into the northern Strip during the operation.

During his participation in the program “Gaza... What Next?”, the head of the Political Science Department at Hebron University, Bilal Al-Shobaki, said that Israel, by re-storming the Al-Shifa Complex, confirms that the achievements it announced have not been achieved, referring to previous statements by the Chief of Staff of the occupation army, Herzi Halevy, who expressed It includes his fear of eroding the gains of the ground operation in the north.

He explained that this return is linked to what was included in a previous Shin Bet report about the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) regaining its control capabilities in the north, which disturbed Israel and indicated that the military operation had not achieved its goal, and that - according to accounts presented in the Israeli media - it was proceeding without guidance. There is no vision for what comes after the war.

Other goals and objectives

Al-Shoubaki points out that the recent storming of the Shifa complex will raise a question within society about whether the military operation that was announced to have ended in the north has ended the military presence of Hamas, and that if this has been achieved, then returning to storming the complex has other goals and objectives.

He pointed out that the dilemma facing the Israeli occupation is the lack of a local partner inside the Gaza Strip to manage the humanitarian file in cooperation with it, in light of the refusal of all factions and tribes, and therefore the occupation is concerned with thwarting any successful experiment in distributing aid outside its umbrella, as happened in the last two days.

In this context, the head of the Department of Political Science at Hebron University confirms that the occupation is concerned with fighting Gaza society not only with weapons, but also with creating chaos within it by opening the way for internal strife and raising questions about how to get out of the humanitarian and social impasse in the Strip.

Al-Shoubaki believes that Israel, in light of the continued American support and justification for what it is doing, will not care about any further pressure. Indeed, the Prime Minister of the occupation, Benjamin Netanyahu, finds himself happy with the image in which he appears recently as a challenger to the United States, in light of the emergence of areas of disagreement in positions with US President Joe. Biden and his administration.

3 targets for re-intrusion

In turn, political researcher Saeed Ziad believes that the occupation aims, through its re-storming of the Al-Shifa Complex, to achieve three basic goals, the first of which is to achieve an imaginary image of victory after failing to achieve its goals from the ground operation, and the second to break the dam that prevents the state of chaos that it is trying to establish by creating a state of chaos. Societal imbalance.

The third goal is for Netanyahu to evade the negotiations because of his known desire to make them fail, because their success conflicts with his personal interests.

Ziad adds that the occupation felt in danger when it found that Hamas was working to restore its strength, especially after the success of the police affiliated with the Gaza government in passing aid, so it worked to implement this operation in an attempt to restore the image of deterrence that had been destroyed, and this was through the assassination of the commander of police operations in the Strip, Brigadier General. Fayek Al-Mabhouh.

The political researcher believes that the American position only expresses a state of hypocrisy and complete alignment with Israel, even if it shows otherwise, which is reflected in the repetition by US administration officials of the occupation narrative of the presence of resistance militants in the compound while bragging about the assassination of a civil service official.

He adds that America is continuing to support the occupation, not out of conviction that it can achieve its goals, but because the Biden administration is dependent on Netanyahu, who is working to achieve his personal project, and that if Washington is convinced that Netanyahu is unable to do so, then it can be expected to change that policy.

Source: Al Jazeera