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Only 4 percent of Israelis believe that their government and military have achieved the goals of their offensive on the Gaza Strip, a recent poll has revealed.
In a poll conducted by the Lazar Research Institute and published by Israeli newspaper Maariv, it asked whether Israel had achieved its war goals of destroying or decapitating Hamas, particularly amid the current and ongoing ceasefire in the war-torn Palestinian territory, the exchange of prisoners, and the re-entry of Palestinians to northern Gaza.
Only four percent said Tel Aviv had achieved them, while 32 percent said the goals were not fully achieved, 57 percent said the goals had not been achieved at all, and 7 percent said they did not know.
In regards to whether the war can be said to be over, 31 percent believed it could, 57 percent believed it cannot be said to be over, and 12 percent said they did not know.
The poll, which surveyed 517 people consisting of both Israel’s Jewish and Palestinian population, also revealed that the majority of Israelis believe that the current coalition government – led by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party – would collapse if an election was to be held in the near future.
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