Middle East expert Mordechai Kedar expressed deep concern about the security situation for Israelis living in the Gaza envelope during an interview with Channel 14 this morning (Tuesday).
He stated that "Those who don't have a home can't harm us? Can't you go to a fence that I don't know if it even exists after everything that happened? Are there even fences around Gaza? Is there a perimeter? Are there soldiers? Are there bases? Are there any lookouts? I don't know what the situation is today, and I'm afraid that the situation is worse than on October 6 because of all the chaos, which means that the communities around the border area could be no less in danger today than they were on October 7."
As for the possibility of resuming the fighting, Kedar explained: "When we reach that bridge, we will cross it.' This is the perception in the Arab world – at the moment there is a possibility of returning to their homes, returning. If battles break out again, we will have to deal with the current situation when you have civilians and you have those involved and you have non-fighters. Every day we check the state of the stars or the state of the sun and moon, and we behave accordingly every day anew."
In the wake of Iran's defeat in Syria and Iraq, as well as in Lebanon, Kedar related that an Egyptian spokesman said that in the Arab world, a statue of Netanyahu should be erected in every city and bow down to him thanks to what Netanyahu did to the Arab world that freed him from the Iranian demon.
"I don't see them doing that, but there is certainly a lot of appreciation for what Israel has done against Iran and its partners in the Middle East," Kedar said. In addition, referring to the phenomenon of the mass return of residents of the northern Gaza Strip to their homes, Keidar explained that "tens of thousands are walking 14 kilometers, 20 kilometers from where they were during the battles, to return to both Gaza City and the northern neighborhoods of Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun."
He elaborated on the cultural motive: "The reason is very simple – anyone who has ever owned a house is afraid that if he doesn't get back to the place where the house is, whether the house is destroyed or the house still exists, others will take over his house. Others who don't have a home, whose houses were demolished, will settle in his house if it exists, and if the house doesn't exist, they will set up a tent on the place where his house was."
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