A recent opinion poll has revealed that most of Israelis are unhappy with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies vis-à-vis the Gaza Strip.
Israeli daily Maariv reported Friday that the poll’s results showed that 64% of Israelis are dissatisfied with Netanyahu’s approach to the blockaded territory.
According to the survey which was conducted by Panels Politics 29% of respondents said they were satisfied with the prime minister’s Gaza policy while another 7% declined to give an opinion.
The poll also unveiled a split among Israelis over recent calls for another large-scale military assault on the Gaza strip with 48% saying they would support such an operation.
On the other hand 41% of respondents voiced opposition to the notion of another major assault while 11% declined to register their opinion.
According to Maariv the survey included a random sampling of 512 Israelis with an error rate of 4.3%.
A state of cautious calm has prevailed in the Gaza Strip following a ceasefire agreement between the Palestinian factions and the Israeli occupation that came into force at 10:45 Thursday evening.
Since Wednesday Israeli warplanes had launched dozens of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killing four Palestinians including a pregnant woman and her one-year-old child and injuring 40 others.
The Israeli occupation army said that it attacked 200 targets in the Gaza Strip while the Palestinian resistance factions fired about 180 projectiles toward Israeli settlements neighboring the coastal enclave as a response.
