Prioritize captives in Gaza or continue to fight what critics call Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "forever war" - a question of growing Israeli division.

The Israeli government's idea of ​​laser focus on Gaza's complete victory over Hamas seems to be choosing the latter.

This just adds to the criticism Netanyahu has received since October 2023, first because of the government’s failure to stop the October 7 attacks and then failing to end a now-19-month war or providing a clear vision for what Gaza looks like in Gaza’s “next day”.

Netanyahu unilaterally ended the ceasefire in March instead of continuing to reach an agreement, which would allow the remaining prisoners to expand their remaining prisoners to cracks within Israeli society as opponents realize that the possibility of prisoners leaving Gaza becomes even more distant.

In recent weeks, a wave of open letter writing within military units has protested the government's priorities.

This dissatisfaction has also attracted public attention. Earlier this month, thousands of Israelis gathered outside Tel Aviv's Defense Ministry to protest Netanyahu's decision to call up another 60,000 reserve personnel as part of his escalation of the bomb attack and besieging Palestinian pilots in Gaza, whose troops have killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, many of whom have died.

In mid-April, current and former members of the Air Force were considered one of Israel’s elite units, and he also published a letter claiming that the war serves Netanyahu’s “political and personal interests”, “not security personnel.”

At the Air Force's prompt, similar protests came from members of the Navy, the military and the elite forces of Israel's foreign security agency Mossad.

Political and personal interests

Netanyahu is accused of manipulating the war for his own personal purposes, predating the destruction of the ceasefire.

In the minds of his critics, the longer the war lasts, Netanyahu feels he can withstand numerous threats to his position and even freedom.

In addition to facing many corruption charges dating back to 2019, he also faces calls for an investigation into the government's political failure ahead of the October 7 attack.

Netanyahu also faces charges that allegedly have been paying from Qatar - Gulf State has previously dismissed the charges as a "smear campaign" designed to hinder efforts to mediate efforts to end conflict.

The ongoing war allowed Netanyahu to distract these issues while maintaining alliances with far-right parties, who made it clear that no victory was won in any end of the war - an increasing number of wars seemed to include ethnic cleansing in Gaza, which would lead them to leave the government, and the Netanyahus could fall.

So, whether the further escalation in Gaza, including the occupation of territorial and population displacement, would mark the end of the conflict or is it just the kind of perpetual war that Israel has created in its interests to date.

Colonel Seth Krumridge, former commander of the U.S. Special Forces and global guardian of the International Security Corporation, told Al Jazeera: “I don’t know if they have the ability to occupy territory,” Gaza just wants to absorb people, which is in the north of Israel, and guard the streets of Israel, facing the streets of Israel, he said.

"It also competes with the trend of growing (family) toxicity. When soldiers don't go home or go, it will tear apart on the structure of Israeli society. It will work on every dining table."

Stay at home

Reports from Israeli media show that part of this toxicity plays a role in the reserves who have not appeared on duty.

Most of the denial of service are considered “grey deniers.” That is, the reserves who were ideologically opposed to the mass killing of Gaza, were exhausted by repeated travel, away from their families and work to support the war, without a clear end.

The official number of people who refuse responsibility is unclear. However, in mid-March, Israeli national broadcaster Kan published a report on the official number, which claimed that more than 80% of people were asked to participate, indicating that the actual number was close to 60%.

"The rate of rejection among reserve personnel has been steadily increasing," said a spokesperson for the group's new profile. "However, we often see sharp peaks in response to specific shifts in Israel's government policy, such as violations of the latest ceasefire or public statements by officials, indicating that the main goal of the military movement is no longer the return of hostages and the return of "destructive Hamas", but rather the occupation of Gaza, as well as the cleanliness of its nation."

Similarly, public dissatisfaction with the public of the Hyperreal Harred community, whose eight decades of exemptions were considered illegal in the Supreme Court last June.

Although reserves reported on duty and others who had experienced repeated deployments, the Supreme Court asked Netanyahu's explanation - relying on Haredi's support to maintain his alliance to show that his ruling has not been fully enforced or enforced.

Throughout the war, Netanyahu's escalation, while often resisted by captured families and their allies, was encouraged and encouraged by his allies among the far-right, many of whom claimed to have biblical rights to the Bible, enjoying Palestinian families and land.

The conflict between the welfare of the captive and the “all victories” promised by Netanyahu is almost as long as the conflict itself, and every moment of the split seems to strengthen the prime minister’s position through key support for the super-large-minded elements of the cabinet.

Netanyahu's stance has led to clashes with politicians, including his own former defense minister, Yoav Gallant. Although Garant was not against the war, his active support for Netanyahu eventually led to his joining Netanyahu, facing an International Criminal Court warrant, his priorities for prisoners led him to violate the Prime Minister.

The gap to priorities means that civilization between the government and the captive family is increasingly coming out of the window, with Netanyahu typically avoiding getting stuck with his loved ones who are still in Gaza, and far-right politicians in Gaza yelling with them at parliamentary meetings.

Professor Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House told Al Jazeera: "But war and conflict deepened them."

Mekelberg added: "Now, we have a situation where some people need up to 400 days in the military (as reserves) while others deny service altogether and use their political power within the coalition to do so."

"Other places, the ministers on the far right are talking about the 'sacrificing' hostages for military benefit," Mekelberg said.

"There is this toxicity in public discourse, and we see differences against anyone who criticizes the war or the Prime Minister, the division between secular and religious, even in religious movements."