I have written to you more than once here about the complete disconnection between the aggressive statements of senior Hamas officials who are abroad in their speeches and the situation of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.

In the last day, after the end of the hudna and with the beginning of the ground operation in the south of the Gaza Strip, a different, much more desperate sentiment can be noticed among the Gazans on social networks. A new bottom.
The end of the hudna was a severe mental blow for them, as well as the reports of the many dead since then. The concentration of attacks in the Khan Yunis area alongside the IDF spokesman’s calls to evacuate to the south created a total breakdown for many.

It should be understood that there are hundreds of thousands of Gazans from the north of the Gaza Strip who evacuated to the Khan Yunis district, leaving behind everything. After they managed to partially establish themselves in Khan Yunis, they are once again sent to migrate south in destitution, to a crowded area with no housing solution.
Alongside this, the lack of food, water and basic services stands out despite the arrival of aid trucks. The burden on the areas to which residents are evacuating has increased and the struggle for daily survival has become a reality for many of them. They are willing to do almost anything to get food and shelter for themselves and their families.
This causes a change and escalation in the discourse on social networks. Things that used to be taboo are now allowed. Sacred cows are slaughtered. Including the “resistance” and its goals.
It is not uncommon to find sentences on Facebook like:
“Give them back their prisoners already and end the war.”
“Let them eliminate Sinwar and be done with it.”

The Gazans are in real trouble. And even looking ahead to the foreseeable future, even after the war, many of them will not have a home even in many months.

I am not telling you all this to evoke pity for the Gazans, but mainly to explain the situation in the Gaza Strip and hence also to get insights regarding the continuation of the conduct with them.

I think this is the hour when Israel should increase the dialogue with the Gazan population and explain to them every day that the war will continue until all the abductees are released and until the leaders of Hamas are eliminated and the Gaza Strip is demilitarized.

The Gazan population needs to hear every day who is to blame for their situation, and no less important is the way to end this situation.

The motivation of so many people must not be underestimated, this Gazan motivation can be harnessed for the sake of the current Israeli interest in Gaza.
They can be part of the move against Hamas. And they can apply pressure and give aid that can only help Israel.
And the price from Israel’s point of view – zero: just continue to present every day in a focused, short and clear way what is the way to end the war:
1. The release of the abductees.
2. The elimination of Hamas leaders.
3. Demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.

I think Israel will be pleasantly surprised. the risk? Does not exist!