N12 – Survey | More than half of the public: continue the operation as long as necessary

Four days until the start of the “Shield and Arrow” operation – and the majority of the public in Israel believes that the operation should continue as long as necessary, according to a survey published this evening (Friday) in “Olan Shishi”. The majority of the public gives the Prime Minister a good grade for managing the campaign – a similar proportion believes that deterrence against Gaza has strengthened following the operation.

To the question of what you think Israel should do now, 54% of the public replied that the operation should continue as long as necessary, 29% of the public think that a cease-fire should be reached as soon as possible and 7% believe that Gaza should be entered on the ground, 10% replied that they do not know what should be done now.

Did the operation strengthen deterrence?

To the question of whether you support a prisoner deal in which Israel would release prisoners, including terrorists, in exchange for the return of the missing and the bodies of the terrorists – 40% of the public answered that they support it, and 34% answered that they oppose it. 26% of the respondents answered that they do not know.

61% of the respondents answered that they give the Prime Minister a good grade for the management of the campaign in Gaza so far, 30% give Netanyahu a bad grade for the management of the campaign and 9% do not know.

About half of the public believes that Israel strengthened deterrence against Gaza in Operation Shield and Arrow, 35% of respondents believe that Israel did not actually strengthen deterrence, 14% do not know. To the question of whether Minister Ben Gabir’s threat influenced the decision to launch the operation, half of the public believes that his threat did not have an impact, but 28% believe that his threat did have an impact. 22% of respondents do not know.

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