“I do not deny that there is a risk for the fate of the hostages,” recognizes Raphaël Morav, ambassador, charge d’affaires for Israel in France

Could Israel’s likely ground operation in Gaza doom the hostages? “I don’t share this fatalism, but certainly, it complicates the task. We will have to see how the two objectives of the operation are compatible. That is to say, on the one hand, to eradicate terrorism from the Gaza Strip, and on the other hand, to try to save as many hostages as possible and bring them back to Israel.declares Raphaël Morav, ambassador, charge d’affaires for Israel in France, guest on the set of 19/20 info, Saturday October 14.

“To destroy Hamas“, Is Benjamin Netanyahu ready to sacrifice hostages? “In principle no, but the principle of exchanging hostages for terrorists who have been convicted in Israel, I believe that that has changed. I do not deny that there is a risk for the fate of the hostages.”recognizes Raphaël Morav.

Israel in a trap?

Saudi Arabia, for its part, has decided to suspend its normalization discussions with Israel. “This is also, undoubtedly, part of the trap that Hamas set with this attack, that is to say, wanting to provoke an Israeli reaction, using the hostages as shields, using the civilian population of Gaza to spark outrage during anti-terrorist operations“, declares Maxime Lefebvre, diplomat, former ambassador and professor of international relations at ESCP.

“There is one thing that surprises me a lot about the Israeli government: when we wage a war, we never go where the enemy expects us. Otherwise it’s called a trap. But here, the IDF is going exactly where Hamas expects it, and I find that very worrying.”believes Guillaume Ancel, former French officer and writer, author of the blog “Ne pas être”.