Netanyahu gambled by targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar. It appears to have backfired

Jerusalem (AP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when this week ordered Assassination One of Hamas leaders in Qatar, he played a great gambling in the group sending campaign.

He gambles with signs that the task fails It looks like he backfired.

Netanyahu had hoped to kill Hamas’s senior exile leaders in order to approach the “Total Victory” vision against the militant group attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 and hoped to pressure to surrender. About two -year war Gaza Strip.

Instead, Hamas claims that his leaders survived, and Netanyahu’s global stance, which was already damaged by the destruction and human disaster scenes in Gaza, made a stroke.

On Tuesday, the air strike frying Qatar, an influential US ally, an effective US ally, a key mediator during the war. There is also Tense relationships with the White House And he hopes to reach a ceasefire thrown, and he endangers 20 hostages that are believed to be alive in Gaza.

However, while the strike makes a setback for Netanyahu, the Israeli leader does not show signs of support or stop the war. And the hard coalition still does not face an emergency threat to the Netanyahu administration.

For the government of Netanyahu, the ‘victory image’ hope

Five low -level Hamas member and Qatar security guard were killed in the strike. However, Hamas said that the target, which aims to discuss a new Armistice offer, said that the meeting of senior exile leaders survived. However, he did not publish any photo of the group leaders and did not comment on the conditions of Qatar.

Tel Aviv University Arab Affairs Specialist Harel Chorev said that if the air strike had killed the best leadership, the attack could give Netanyahu the opportunity to declare the destruction of Hamas.

“Everything is very symbolic and certainly part of what allows Netanyahu to say ‘we won, we killed them all’.

Israel’s 23 -month attack in Gaza has erased all the leadership of Hamas in the region. However, Netanyahu began to eliminate the group as part of the “Total Victory” goal.

This does not seem more and more likely, which makes it even more difficult for Netanyahu to force the ceasefire throughout his challenging coalition.

The far -right members of the Israeli administration coalition squeezed Netanyahu to the corner, threatened to overthrow his government unless he came to the forefront in the city of Gaza, despite the serious mistakes of Israel’s military leadership and the widespread opposition between the people of Israel and the widespread opposition between the people of Israel.

Although a successful operation in Qatar has eliminated officials responsible for negotiating a ceasefire, he could allow Netanyahu to soothe hard shirts.

Qatar burn the channel

Since the beginning of the war, Israel had the ability to target Hamas leaders in Doha, but did not want to antagonizes its catasis while negotiations took place.

In exchange for thousands of Palestinian prisoners, Qatar helped negotiation of two previous ceasefire, including eight bodies, including eight bodies. The Israeli army rescued only eight hostages alive and took the bodies of 51 hostages.

While Israel complained that Qatar did not put pressure on Hamas, this channel continued to leave it open until Tuesday.

“Israel reported that the world has given up the negotiations with the attack, Ch said Chorev. “They decided to burn the channel with Qatar.”

When asked whether the ceasefire talks will continue, Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said, orum I don’t think there is something valid, ”he said. But it wasn’t detailed and he gave up saying that Qatar would end his mediation efforts.

Netanyahu’nun remains unclear how he hopes to win the release of the remaining hostages.

On Thursday, Sheikh Muhammad accused Israel of leaving hostages.

“Today, the Fans of the excessives who manage Israel do not care about hostages – otherwise, how do we justify the timing of this attack?” Sheikh Muhammad told the UN Security Council.

However, he said that his country was ready to continue his mediation without pointing to the next steps. On Friday, Sheikh Muhammad met this weekend with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was scheduled to visit Israel with a sign on how the Trump administration works this weekend. Balance relations between Key Middle East allies.

Ties ties with the USA

Since President Donald Trump returned to office, Netanyahu, who has received the support of Ironclad from the United States, seems to be pushing ties with his most important ally.

Trump said he was “very unhappy ve about the air strike, and that the Qatars were sure that such an attack would never happen again.

However, Trump did not state whether he would take any punishing action against Israel or put pressure on Netanyahu to stop the war.

Netanyahu, meanwhile, did not threaten and threatened additional actions if he continued to host the leadership of Qatar Hamas.

Hamas’s message is clear, he said: “There is no place we can’t reach you.”

Very few effects on the war in Gaza

Israel oppresses with an extended attack aimed at conquering Gaza City. The army called on a complete evacuation of the area that holds about 1 million people in front of an expected occupation.

“Netanyahu’s government is determined to continue the military operation in Gaza, Gay

Israel brushed the calls to stop the war from the increasing number of Western countries that plan to recognize a Palestinian state in the United Nations, the European Union and the UN Security Council this month.

Trump is the only person who can change this orbit, saying “enough” to Israel.

The political future of Netanyahu My Assembly

If Hamas’s leaders survive and negotiations collapse, Netanyahu will alienate an agreement to bring two -thirds of the Israeli people who want to put an end to the war.

However, this opposition for months, Netanyahu had little effect on.

“Netanyahu’s future in the near term is not connected to the people of Israel, Yo

Instead, political survival depends on the coalition of the administration, which expresses heartily support against the assassination attempt.

This has still suffered from panic and more pain for the families of hostages held in Gaza.

His son Matan, among the prisoners Einav Zangaker, this week after hearing Israel’s attack in Doha, “he said” trembling with fear “, he said.

“Why does the Prime Minister insist on exploding every chance for an agreement?” he asked, on the brink of tears. “From where?”