In the Middle East, the release of the hostages raises the issue of Hamas’ war strategy against Israel. It was discussed in the episode of Otto e mezzo that aired on La7 on October 23rd. Lucio Caracciolo, director of Limes and the Limes School, was a guest in the studio. This provided background information for future ground operations.
“By releasing the hostages, Hamas wanted to send a signal of humanity, then it buys time and then exploits the divisions within the Israeli government,” said Lucio Caracciolo. “Natanyahu’s government is a government that includes elements of the center, center-right” and extreme elements of the right who want to end the Palestinians. So he is inevitably divided. Then Netanyahu seems in a way like a puppet, divided between a pressure that I think is now inevitable to carry out this famous ground operation and the Americans who vetoed it. When I read that the Americans advised the Israelis not to carry out the operation, I have to smile a little. A great power does not advise, it orders. Instead, something similar to the ground operation will probably be carried out. The tragedy of this time is that adults are no longer listened to by adolescents. In this case, the adolescent is the one who wants to throw himself into hell because he has to show that he is angry. The problem with the ground offensive is that it has no strategic purpose, so the purpose of the land offensive is the land offensive.”