More than half of Israelis are in favor of continuing the attacks on Gaza

May 14. (EUROPE PRESS) –

54 percent of Israelis are in favor of continuing the bombardments in the Gaza Strip against the Islamic Jihad group as part of the offensive against Palestinian armed groups in this enclave.

According to a poll conducted by the Israel National News television network on the question of what Israel should do now, 54 percent said the operation should continue and only 29 percent believed a ceasefire agreement should be reached. as soon as possible.

Asked if they support a prisoner exchange in which Israel would release prisoners, including “convicted terrorists”, in exchange for the two missing Israelis and the bodies of two soldiers, 40 percent support this deal, 34 percent percent are opposed and 26 percent would not know what to do.

Furthermore, 61 percent gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a positive rating on how he is handling the Gaza operation, while 30 percent rated his performance negatively and 9 percent don’t know what rating to give.

About half of Israelis believe that Israel strengthened its deterrence with Operation Shield and Arrow, while 35 percent said Israel did not strengthen its deterrence and 14 percent said they don’t know.