Tel Aviv’s new nightmare: The truth through the lens of Gaza

The Israeli daily Maariv wrote on Saturday that although the war in Gaza appears to be over, Israel must prepare for a long and ongoing confrontation of a different kind.

The paper stressed that once the gates of Gaza are opened and images of the vast destruction in Khan Younis, Rafah, and neighborhoods of Gaza City are shown to the world, a wave of criticism and condemnation will rise against Israel.

According to the report, such a backlash could seriously affect global perceptions of the regime — to the extent that it might even endanger the security of Israeli scholars, companies, and public figures abroad.

Maariv recalled that immediately after the events of October 7, 2023, Israel decided to ban foreign journalists from entering Gaza. The paper questioned whether — even if that decision was justified at the time — it was truly necessary for the ban to last two full years.

The newspaper noted that since October 7, 2023, Tel Aviv, with support from the U.S. and Europe, has conducted operations in Gaza involving mass killings, starvation, destruction, forced displacement, and arrests, all while ignoring international court rulings and humanitarian directives calling for a halt to such actions.

As a result of these operations, more than 238,000 Palestinians have been killed or wounded — the majority of them women and children. Over 11,000 remain missing, and hundreds of thousands have been displaced. Large parts of Gaza’s cities and regions have been completely destroyed or erased from the map.

Maariv warned that many journalists and international outlets, once allowed entry, will likely use the opportunity to accuse Israel of genocide, revenge-driven destruction, building temporary settlements, and will publish personal stories of Palestinian suffering and accounts of responsibility for the mass killings.

The paper concluded that Israel could even face accusations of having caused devastation comparable to Hiroshima.