Author: Isabel Kershner
Published on: 03/04/2026 | 00:00:00
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A majority of Israelis support the war with Iran, but many doubt it will solve Israel’s long-term security problems. Some also question their prime minister’s assurances and motives. Many Israelis, like Ms. Litman, say there was no choice but to fight. "Iran doesn’t hide its ultimate goal — to destroy us," says Yosef Livne, 77. "I’m eighth generation in Israel, and I don’t want to be the last," he says. Israeli military says it has intercepted 90 percent of Iranian missiles. At least 19 people have been killed in Israel since the war began by missile and rocket fire from Iran and Lebanon. In the last round of fighting across the Israel-Lebanon frontier, in 2023 and 2024, the Israeli government evacuated about 60,000 of its citizens from the far north. Yet, this time around, Hezbollah has launched thousands of rockets, missiles and drones at Israel. Israelis say that unless the hard-line clerical and military leadership of Iran is overthrown and replaced with a completely different government, they expect to be back at war a few months from now. Mr. Netanyahu has riled many Israelis by not accepting any personal responsibility for the policy and intelligence failures that enabled the Hamas-led surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Some Israelis who generally support the war with Iran say they also have suspicions about the timing. Some Israelis worry that war is becoming a routine. "I’ve been in one long war for two and a half years," says Dafna Ben-Jacob, 43, an engineer in Tel Aviv. A version of this article appears in print on April 4, 2026.
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