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The debates of analysts and journalists in the Israeli media focused on the possibility of an explosion in the situation in the West Bank and the consequences of restricting the entry of Palestinians to Al-Aqsa Mosque as the month of Ramadan approaches, in addition to discussing the disputes within the Israeli war council.

Military affairs correspondent for the Israeli Channel 12, Nir Dvori, quoted army commanders warning of the explosion of the situation in the West Bank, which is expected to reach its climax after 3 weeks in the month of Ramadan, and that if this happens, it is possible to transfer forces from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank or re-call. Discharged reservists.

Davori stressed the need to prevent the outbreak of violence that may result from what is happening in Al-Aqsa Mosque, pointing out that one of the reasons given by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) for the attack on October 7 last year was that Israeli officials violated the sanctity of the holy places, referring to the entry of the Minister of National Security. Itamar Ben Gvir for Al-Aqsa Mosque.

In this context, political affairs correspondent on the same channel, Abraham Yaron, spoke of battles taking place behind the scenes regarding Ben Gvir’s demand not to allow West Bank Muslims to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque throughout the month of Ramadan, in exchange for the objection of the security services and the army, as a senior security official considered this “a real barrel of explosives.” .

Invasion of Rafah

Regarding the attack that the occupation seeks to carry out in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, the military affairs correspondent for Kan 11, Roi Sharon, pointed out that Egyptians continue to fear that hundreds of thousands will attack them, which raises the question of the place that can be evacuated for the displaced people from Rafah.

Sharon continued, "If they want to evacuate them to Khan Yunis, this means that the army will lose control over it, and if they want to evacuate them to the northern Gaza Strip, Hamas will restore its capabilities there."

Meanwhile, Channel 13's political affairs correspondent, Moria Asraf Wolberg, discussed what she said was the dissatisfaction of the two Ministers in the War Council, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, in addition to Defense Minister Yoav Galant, with the behavior of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent days due to his taking decisions without the participation of the Ministers of the War Council.

In the same context, the head of the political department at Kan 11, Yoav Krakowski, said that despite the sharp criticism directed by Gantz and Eisenkot of Netanyahu, they nevertheless do not see that they will withdraw at this stage, and an official close to Netanyahu was quoted as saying that he failed to reduce the intensity of the dispute and improve relations. With Gantz.

Krakowski added that Gantz and Eisenkot are close to withdrawing from the coalition, but they will not take this decision now for fear of Ben Gvir strengthening his position in the absence of a solution to the prisoners’ issue and no return of the residents of the settlements surrounding Gaza and the north to their homes.

Source: Al Jazeera