Israel will "collapse" within a year: Former IDF officer

Israeli Reserve Major General Yitzhak Brik has sounded an alarm for his country, saying that Tel Aviv's existence is under threat due to the ongoing war with Hamas and tensions with Iran.

He made the remarks in his latest article written for Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Brik cautioned that if negotiations fail, a war in the region could pose serious threats to Israel's survival.

The former IDF officer expressed concerns that the threats from Hamas and Iran to destroy Israel are not empty and that the country is facing a critical situation.

“Most of the pretentious declarations made by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant throughout the war in Gaza have proven to be groundless,” he wrote in his article.

Brik noted that "Israel is sinking deeper into the Gazan mud, losing more and more soldiers as they get killed or wounded, without any chance of achieving the war's main goal: bringing down Hamas."

“[Israel] is really galloping towards the edge of an abyss. If the war of attrition against Hamas and Hezbollah continues, Israel will collapse within no more than a year." 

He explained that Israel has also become a pariah state that prompted economic boycotts and an embargo on arms shipments.

"We are also losing our social resilience, as the growing hatred between different parts of the nation threatens to ignite and bring to its destruction from within."

He said that if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies are not replaced, Israel could be destroyed within the next year.

“All of the paths chosen by Israel's political and military leadership are leading the country down a slippery slope. One dictator controls the fate of the country, and a flock of sheep follows him blindly. Netanyahu decided to die with the Philistines – in this case, the citizens of Israel – only to retain his power. […] Israel has entered an existential tailspin and could soon reach a point of no return,” Brik concluded.

However, Israel's war on Gaza has resulted in devastating losses, with over 40,000 Palestinians killed, including 16,456 children and 11,000 women.