73% Israelis want war in Gaza to end with hostage deal, majority says politics driving war: Survey

73% Israelis want war in Gaza to end with hostage deal, majority says politics driving war: Survey

The overwhelming majority of Israelis at 73% want the war in the Gaza Strip to end with a deal for the release of hostages and two-thirds believes that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political agenda is driving the war, not any strategic objective, according to a survey.

A Palestinian child, wounded in an Israeli strike that killed people, who gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, receives treatment at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip July 13, 2025. (Reuters/Stringer)