The 19th day of the war began again Airstrikes Israelis attacking targets in Syria and the US Gaza Stripalso eliminate Taysir Mubasher, commander of the Hamas battalion in the northern sector of Khan Yunis. Meanwhile, the diplomatic conflict between Tel Aviv, Türkiye el’U.N.while the leaders of the region’s three largest terrorist organizations met in Beirut.
Offensive delayed: Israel waits for US intervention
According to the Wall Street Journal, Israel has agreed to a postponementoffensive from land to make that possible United States to move their own Anti-aircraft systems in the area. The Pentagon is reportedly using one dozenfollowing the attacks by pro-Iranian militias against it bases USA in Iran and Syria.
It therefore appears that the American army is preparing to repel even more intense attacks, a likely hypothesis after the start of the invasion of Gaza. The US equipment is expected to be fully deployed weekend and will serve to protect Washington’s troops stationed in Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In addition, the Pentagon will provide Israel with additional missiles for the system Iron dome and will deploy another squadron F16 sixth in the region.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the ground offensive would take place in his address to the nation: “I won’t go into detail about it when, how and how many. I will also not go into detail about the variety of considerations, most of them are not known to public opinion. And that is how it is supposed to be. This is how we protect the lives of our soldiers.”
Türkiye and the UN: the hot fronts of diplomacy
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will not travel to Israel for his planned state visit, as he expressly emphasizes critic to Tel Aviv’s military response to the October 7 attacks. “Approximately half of those killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza are children, and even that number shows that these are targeted attacks an atrocitycommit crime “Deliberate attacks against humanity,” said the Ankara leader, who also defined: “liberator who fight for their country,” the Hamas terrorists.
Tensions also with the UN according to the Secretary General’s words Antonio Guterresyesterday for the attack on October 7th “56 years old “the suffocating occupation” of the Palestinian territories by Israel. Israeli politicians unanimously condemned the words of the Portuguese diplomat, who this morning went a step further and argued that Hamas’s “terrible attacks cannot justify this.” collective punishment of the Palestinian people,” then took a step back in the evening and said: “shocked” from the interpretation of his words. The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan announced the decision deny the issuance of entry visas to United Nations officials in the Jewish state and called for the resignation by Guterres.
Hamas, Hezbolla and Islamic Jihad: the height of terror in Beirut
The leader of the Hezbollah Hasan Nasrallah, the deputy head of Hamas Saleh Aruri and the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Ziad Nakhale met in Beirut for a summit of what they call “the axis of.” Resistance” against the Zionist regime. The reunion of the three men could be an indication of this Change of strategy terrorist groups and a possible prelude to the opening of a front between Israel and Lebanon.
But it could also be an attempt to smooth over the problems Tensions between the Palestinian and the Lebanese sides. In fact, Hamas did not hide the fact that it was shocked and irritated by this Lack of support Practical Hezbollah activities that have so far been limited to just a few skirmish with the IDF along the “Blue Line”.