• Netanyahu defies IDF warnings by launching a high-risk Gaza City offensive despite dire humanitarian and strategic consequences.
• IDF Chief of Staff and reservists openly oppose the operation, calling it illegal and lacking clear objectives.
• Gaza’s death toll surpasses 63,000 with famine worsening, while Israel’s military admits needing months to prepare for the assault.
• Netanyahu’s refusal to negotiate a permanent ceasefire isolates Israel diplomatically and fuels mass protests at home.
• The war risks becoming an endless occupation, deepening Israel’s political and moral crisis with no clear path to victory.

Why is Israel’s government ignoring its own military leaders? That’s the question swirling around Tel Aviv this week as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ramps up a new offensive in Gaza City despite dire warnings from the IDF’s top general that the operation could backfire catastrophically. With 40,000 reservists now being called up, tensions between Netanyahu and his military brass have exploded into open defiance, even as Gaza’s civilian death toll climbs and famine tightens its grip.

The Jerusalem Post reports that IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has repeatedly clashed with Netanyahu’s war cabinet, arguing that the assault on Gaza City — Hamas’ last major stronghold — risks endangering the remaining 48 Israeli hostages, overextending troops, and worsening an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Yet Netanyahu, backed by his far-right coalition, has dismissed these concerns, insisting on a full-scale invasion. The prime minister’s own son, Yair, has even accused Zamir of staging a “military coup,” a claim that speaks volumes about the toxic political climate driving this war.

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