Israeli media have acknowledged the occupying regime’s “hidden defeat” in the two-year war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, debunking as a “deceptive trap” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims about victory in the besieged coastal territory.

The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth detailed in a report on Tuesday the various aspects of the Israeli aggression on Gaza and the aftermath of the regime’s devastating war despite Netanyahu’s boasts of achievements and triumph over the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas since October 7, 2023.

The paper said two years after the day that “changed Israel's history forever, the dust … seems not to have settled,” and “after tough stories and security lessons, which came too late, though on time, it is time to talk about a hidden defeat, a cognitive defeat.”

Underscoring Hamas’s success in breaching Israel’s stringent security measures on October 7, the paper rebuked as a “deceptive trap” any attempts by the regime’s prime minister and top echelon to feign victory against the Palestinian resistance and its surprise attack.

“The human ability to tell ourselves stories and believe them, even when they contradict reality, is pleasant, but in fact, it is a deceptive trap. Doubt reached its peak when the security force, which we thought was invincible, was caught off guard and dealt a devastating blow,” Yedioth Ahronoth wrote.

“In such circumstances, stories speak for themselves. When it's difficult to understand how something happened, we look for a story that takes control of the situation - even if it's far from the truth. This is precisely why two years later, no one knows the truth, but everyone is sure about it.”

Meanwhile, the Israeli newspaper revealed details about the Gaza peace agreement brokered by Egypt and the US on September 29, saying Netanyahu set key conditions but made"major concessions" and hid the truth from the public.

According to the paper, the basic conditions set by the Israeli prime minister to end the war in Gaza ensured what it described as “a complete surrender to Hamas.”

However, Yedioth Ahronoth reported “Hamas was not disarmed, Gaza was not demilitarized, and the territory was not cleared,” based on documents that were reviewed.

“If these conditions were essential, why did Netanyahu give them up?” the paper asked, adding, “The public deserves honest answers to the key remaining questions.”

The Hebrew newspaper also cited an Israeli intelligence source as saying, “The agreement is considered successful, but the concessions are extremely deep.”

The ceasefire, which came to pass on Friday, followed days of intensive negotiations in Egypt as part of broader understandings that include a abductee/prisoner exchange and arrangements to reopen border crossings and facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

Under the agreement, the Israeli occupation army would halt fighting and partially withdraw from the Gaza Strip. At the same time, Hamas would release all remaining detainees in exchange for Israel freeing more than 2,000 Palestinian detainees

During Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, nearly 68,000 Palestinians were killed and 170,134 wounded, most of them women and children

Following the ceasefire’s implementation, the number of casualties has continued to rise sharply as more bodies trapped under rubble are being recovered.

Experts believe the actual death toll could multiply exponentially once the dead bodies buried beneath the debris are counted.