External pressures are ruining our operations: Israeli soldiers

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Israeli media
14 Dec 2023 00:26
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Israeli pundit, Yaron Avraham, says that Israeli soldiers are feeling pressure that is affecting their operations in Gaza, pointing to the negative influence of the United States.

Israeli soldiers prepare to enter the Gaza Strip, at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

Israeli media outlets highlighted the impact of American pressure on the course of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, especially the ground operations of the occupation forces within the Strip.

Israeli Channel 12 political commentator, Yaron Avraham, said that the infantry troops, of the occupation's military, have acknowledged looming pressure that has affected their operations.

He said that Israeli soldiers do not know how to precisely "describe the nature of this change, and do not know" the reason behind it. Avraham indicated that some soldiers said that regional changes as well as factors that have "influenced the battlefield" are responsible for altering the nature of their work.

On another note, Israeli media quoted an unnamed American official as saying that US officials travel to "Tel Aviv" to make sure that the Israeli Prime Minister is not taking advantage of the aggression on the Gaza Strip for his own political benefit, by extending the period of the war on Gaza.

In a similar context, a former member of Knesset, Ofer Shelah, admitted that the occupation is not capable of extending the war on Gaza with the purpose of eliminating every Resistance fighter and tunnel in the Strip. Shelah said that the occupation will not be able to gain international legitimacy for such actions, nor do internal Israeli dynamics allow for such a scenario.

So far, the Israeli occupation forces admitted on Wednesday that the tally of its soldiers who have been killed since October 7 rose to 444 officers and cadets.

The high toll also includes 82 soldiers from the elite Golani brigades, one of the most prestigious units in the Israeli occupation forces.

Israeli media reported that among the 444 dead soldiers, 103 were of the rank of captain and above, and 5 were colonels, essentially the commander of a brigade.

Earlier today, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) acknowledged that 10 soldiers were killed, most of whom were officers, in battles in northern Gaza yesterday.