{"id":52279,"date":"2025-09-06T22:40:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T02:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/almost-half-of-israelis-believe-gaza-op-has-low-chance-of-defeating-hamas\/06\/09\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T22:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T02:40:40","slug":"almost-half-of-israelis-believe-gaza-op-has-low-chance-of-defeating-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/almost-half-of-israelis-believe-gaza-op-has-low-chance-of-defeating-hamas\/06\/09\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost half of Israelis believe Gaza op. has low chance of defeating Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The poll found that 46% believe that the IDF op. in Gaza City has a low chance of defeating Hamas, 38% are confident it will succeed in this goal, and 16% are unsure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Almost half of Israelis polled believe that the IDF&#8217;s expansion of operations into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/idf-strikes-hamas-infrastructure-gaza-142330208.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gaza City;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gaza City<\/a> has a low chance of defeating the Hamas terror organization, according to a poll published on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The poll found that 46% of Israelis feel this way, while 38% of those polled believe that the expanded operations will succeed in achieving this goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Approximately one-sixth of those polled, at 16%, were unsure.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Division over Oct. 7 investigation commission members<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The poll also found that over half of Israelis, at 52%, believe that a state commission of inquiry is the proper tool to investigate the failures of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/the-october-7-massacre\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:October 7, 2023;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">October 7, 2023<\/a>, as opposed to a commission with members appointed by Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/netanyahu-rejected-former-idf-chief-095804295.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Benjamin Netanyahu;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The poll also found that 30% support Netanyahu&#8217;s proposal that the commission of inquiry should consist of members appointed by him, while 18% said they were unsure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem on August 11, 2025. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The poll was conducted by Lazar Research under Dr. Menachem Lazar together with the online response panel Panel4All. It surveyed 500 respondents, both Jewish and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/arab-israeli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Arab;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Arab<\/a>, with a maximum margin of error of 4.4%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/almost-half-israelis-believe-gaza-004501836.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poll found that 46% believe that the IDF op. in Gaza City has a low chance of defeating Hamas, 38% are<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/almost-half-of-israelis-believe-gaza-op-has-low-chance-of-defeating-hamas\/06\/09\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/eb2571268d24a1759ed3925242199200","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}