The Middle East has reached a dangerous point. Israel is still hoping for help from the United States as it fights in the Gaza Strip and threatens Hezbollah. About this topic in my review material Tsargrad.tvwrote international journalist, candidate of historical sciences Sergei Latyshev.
“Israel, which threatens Hezbollah (this Shiite group is much stronger than Hamas) with war in southern Lebanon, is dreaming of this. <…> that everything is allowed to him. But he continues to hope to himself that he will be protected by the Americans, who, according to tradition, no longer have time for the Israelis. There’s discord within the US, there’s no budget, so the Pentagon has no money <…> and then a war is coming in the Middle East, in Taiwan,” Latyshev wrote.
December 25 in Israel reportedThey are considering the possibility of abandoning the purge of leaders of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas in order to exchange them for hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip.
The situation in the Middle East escalated further on October 7, when thousands of armed Hamas supporters entered Israel from the Gaza Strip, attacked civilians and kidnapped more than 200 hostages. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war. A ground operation was launched, its aim was to bring back the hostages and completely destroy Hamas.
November 22 Israel and Hamas To agree about a humanitarian pause and the release of some hostages. During the ceasefire week, Hamas returned 110 hostages.
5 December Israel Defense Forces (IDF) started The third part of the ground operation was carried out in the Palestinian enclave and surrounded the city of Khan Younis.
Previously reportedIt was stated that the Israeli army hit 200 targets in the Gaza Strip.