Israeli media reported on Friday a growing sense of discontent among settlers in northern occupied Palestine, amid deepening mistrust in Netanyahu's government over the outcome of the war on Lebanon.

While southern Lebanon witnessed a large-scale return of its displaced residents, frustration among settlers in northern occupied Palestine told a starkly different story.

Eliyazer Biton, a settler from the border town of Avivim, dismissed the ceasefire agreement as "another illusion" being marketed by the government, saying residents feel "trapped under current policies." The mayor of occupied Safad, Yossi Kakoun, echoed the sentiment, criticizing the persistent uncertainty surrounding education and economic conditions in the settlement following months of confrontation.

Israeli analysts lashed out at the performance of Netanyahu's administration, describing the developments leading up to the Lebanon ceasefire announcement as a major political and media failure.

'Roar' turned into 'meow'

Israeli newspaper Maariv wrote that the war began as a "lion's roar" but ended more like a "cat's meow," a sarcastic assessment of the government's failure to deliver on its stated war objectives. Settlement leaders have gone further, branding the agreement a "surrender document" and an open "betrayal" of northern settlers.

Maariv described northern settlers as being treated by Netanyahu as "invisible citizens" whose concerns are not taken into account, even in security considerations," and who are repeatedly given promises without implementation.

The paper said government pledges were "empty," warning that even with sirens now silenced, residents would remain without fortified shelters while being promised, once again, emergency rooms, universities, and high-tech industrial zones that have yet to materialize.

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