Israel-Hamas war|Votes on

Leader: War in the Middle East came at the right time for Putin  

It is Hamas for all the money in Thursday's leadership sweep.  

The government's decision to pause development aid to Palestine is praised. Dagens Industri's Tobias Wikström thinks that the decision is the only reasonable one - partly as a precautionary measure, partly as a clear indication after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas did not distance himself from Hamas' terrorist attacks. 

But DN's leadership side believes that the decision is understandable, but thinks that you have to think one step further. The support goes to the civilian population and not to Hamas, and the risk is that the terrorist organization is strengthened when ordinary Palestinians take the full brunt, the paper reasons.  

"That in a situation when it is more important than ever that they are not left in the hands of the terrorist movement."  

Despite Hamas's attacks in Israel, the outside world must not forget Ukraine, writes Expressen's editorial page. Otherwise, the risk is that Vladimir Putin will be the real winner.  

“A war in the Middle East came at just the right time for the Kremlin. Therefore, it is not far-fetched to believe that Putin would have a hand in the game.” 

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Blinken: "Hamas has only one agenda, to kill Jews" 

Hamas is "pure evil" and must be treated in the same way as the terrorist group IS. This is what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says at a press meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.  

Netanyahu accuses Hamas of "slaughtering entire families", "burning people alive" and carrying out beheadings.  

Blinken says that Israel will never have to defend itself "as long as the United States exists." He supports Netanyahu's parallels between Hamas and IS, but says that "Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people".  

- Hamas has only one agenda, to destroy Israel and kill Jews.  

At the press conference, Blinken confirms that at least 25 Americans have been killed in Hamas attacks.

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Task: British ships are to be sent to the eastern Mediterranean  

Britain is sending two warships to the eastern Mediterranean and will begin flying reconnaissance flights over Israel, according to information provided to The Times. According to the newspaper, it is a way to show support for Israel after the weekend's attacks by Hamas.  

The United States has previously announced that it is sending the USS Gerald R Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, to the Eastern Mediterranean.  

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The conflict between the United States and Iran

Trump: Netanyahu let us down before the Soleimani attack  

Former US President Donald Trump says Israel and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "betrayed" the US in connection with the attack that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in 2020.  

According to Trump, the attack must have been planned together with Israel for several months before Israel - without further explanation - canceled its participation the night before the attack.  

- We were disappointed. Very disappointed, says Trump according to AP, and at the same time claims that Netanyahu tried to take credit.  

A retired Israeli officer has previously stated that Israel provided the United States with intelligence information, writes the Washington Post.

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The Israel-Hamas war|The reactions

Analysis: Netanyahu has gotten through most of it - but now the situation is different  

 

Israeli governments have historically fractured after wars and crises, and even if there are no calls for Prime Minister Netanyahu's resignation right now, that time will come. That's what CNN's Elliott Gotkine writes in an analysis.  

 

The prime minister has survived many crises and the country is currently united, but in the past it has been about, among other things, a criticized legal reform and not a war that he did not choose himself, he writes.  

 

The Independent's Donald Macintyre writes that Netanyahu has strong domestic support after the weekend, but that the Hamas attack appears to be an intelligence fiasco on the Israeli side. He certainly sits through the war, but the question is whether he does so from subsequent investigations, writes Macintyre.  

 

Regarding Netanyahu's way forward, both DN's commentator Nathan Shachar and Sky News' Michael Clarke write that a ground invasion of Gaza would be costly in many ways.  

 

"No one in Israel pretends that it will be quick, easy or anything other than brutal," writes Clarke.  

 

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Israel forms emergency government - war cabinet appointed 

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz have agreed to form an emergency government and appoint a war cabinet, AP reports.  

 

The country's war cabinet will consist of Netanyahu, Gantz, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and two observers, writes Haaretz.  

 

Gantz has called for Netanyahu's resignation and the formation of an emergency government represents a "dramatic" development in Israeli politics, although the measure is temporary due to the weekend's attacks.