The document represents the view of the Israeli security establishment, Channel 12 reported Thursday, adding that Gallant had shared it with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several other top officials in the days leading up to the security cabinet meeting.
The document reportedly presents Israel as standing at a “strategic crossroads.”
If Israel accepts and can finalize a ceasefire-hostage deal, this would not only achieve the return of the hostages but also enable a diplomatic arrangement to calm hostilities with Hezbollah across the northern border and prevent regional war, the document maintains. It could also increase the likelihood that Iran would shelve plans to avenge the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last month.
By contrast, Gallant’s document reportedly warns that if Israel does not move to strike a deal, it would be leaving the hostages in captivity and would face the danger of an “imminent deterioration into a multi-front war.” READ MORE
