
REPORT via Channel 13: Leaked Israeli Records Show Government Pursued Starvation Strategy to Force Hamas Surrender
Channel 13 has published internal Israeli government transcripts from March 2025 revealing that Israel’s war cabinet knowingly restricted all humanitarian aid to Gaza in hopes it would break Hamas—a strategy that inflicted mass suffering but failed to deliver desired results. The records also show that Israel was not met with resistance or bad faith in negotiations with Hamas — yet it broke the ceasefire and escalated anyway.
These classified internal “protocols” (meeting records) shared by the Israeli news outlet show that top military and intelligence leaders urged Netanyahu to move forward to “Phase B” of the already agreed ceasefire deal—arguing that all captives could be released if talks moved to negotiating terms to end the war. They believed even a temporary pause in fighting could bring the captives home, and that Israel could resume the war afterward anyway. Netanyahu rejected them.
➤ IDF captives chief Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon told ministers:
“The only chance to get hostages released is to discuss Phase B conditions.”
➤ Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar supported the move:
“My preferred option is to reach Phase B. We can resume the war afterward.”
➤ The Mossad also backed this approach—but Prime Minister Netanyahu refused, insisting there would be no end to the war while Hamas remained in power.
➤ Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich lashed out at the intelligence officials:
“You’re misleading the public into thinking we can stop the war and return to it later… That’s ignorance.”
➤ Defense Minister Israel Katz supported a partial deal, saying:
“If Hamas returns even a number of hostages—less than half—that’s excellent.”
Instead of advancing the deal, Netanyahu chose escalation — betting that blockading and starving 2 million Palestinians would force Hamas to surrender.
➤ Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer said the Israeli war cabinet expected negotiations to collapse — giving Israel a pretext to resume the war. But that didn’t happen.
“We thought the talks would explode once we entered them — and that didn’t happen.”
Israel unilaterally broke the ceasefire anyway and resumed the killings in March.
Five months later, 50 living and dead captives remain. Food classification bodies have stated the “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza.
The Israeli government bet on famine. Its own records confirm it, and the strategy failed. It inflicted mass suffering, further shattered Israel’s global standing, and did not move Hamas.
The Hostage Families Forum called the revelations “damning,” saying the government “knowingly and deliberately sabotaged” rescue deals and “led the public astray.”
Mike