Netanyahu Using Gaza War as Electoral Leverage, Correspondent Says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using the Gaza war as an electoral card, according to a report by correspondent Dana Abu Shamsiya from Jerusalem.

Abu Shamsiya described Israel’s internal situation as a “war without smoke,” pointing to a deepening crisis between the country’s political leadership and security establishment.

Her account highlighted tensions within Israel alongside the war in Gaza, placing the relationship between political and security decision-makers at the centre of the domestic crisis.

The report linked Netanyahu’s handling of the war to electoral calculations, but the available summary provided no details of specific campaign moves or the disputes driving the widening rift.