Netanyahu Sees Poll Rise After Hezbollah Pager Attacks, Lebanon Attacks

For support Benjamin NetanyahuFollowing new operations, including pager attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, the government’s military power has increased to pre-October 7 levels.

Netanyahu’s Likud party, which has been falling in the polls,… Hamas Attacks flared up again last year after Israel assassinated senior Hezbollah and Hamas leaders in Beirut and Tehran.

The latest polls published in the Maariv newspaper showed Likud winning 24 seats in parliament, its highest tally since October 7. Likud currently has 32 seats in parliament. The poll put the National Unity Party at 21 seats.

With these results, even if Netanyahu’s coalition were to lose an election today, it would still get 53 seats in the 120-seat parliament, compared to the main opposition bloc’s 58. But those figures could be seen as an improvement.

Netanyahu’s approval ratings fall October 7thThe failure to predict the attacks is seen as one of the biggest security weaknesses in Israel’s history.

Newsweek It contacted the Israeli Prime Minister’s office for comment on the new findings.

The surge in approval ratings coincided with escalating conflict with Lebanon, including: an airstrike last Friday The attack that killed senior commanders of Hezbollah’s Ridwan forces.

To continue its offensive, Israel launched “Operation Northern Arrows,” a series of airstrikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon.

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi announced that the operation launched to secure Israel’s northern border against Hezbollah’s attacks aims to return some 60,000 displaced Israelis to their homes, while warning that Israel is preparing for the next steps of the operation.

Last week, Israel said it was shifting the focus of its firepower from Gaza to the Lebanon front, marking a “new phase” of the war with Iran-backed Lebanese militias.

The pager attacks in Lebanon and Syria were also received positively by the Israeli public. Pagers used by Hezbollah members explode Attacks in Lebanon and Syria on September 17 killed at least 12 people, including two young children The radios exploded At least 20 people were killed and thousands were injured in the attack on Wednesday.

Hezbollah believes Both attacks were carried out by Israel.has not yet made an official comment. The organization It retaliated with a large-scale attack on parts of northern Israel.Including missile attacks that he claimed were “in solidarity with Hamas.”

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