Washington’s desire to avoid regional war and its insistence that Israel end major combat operations before completing takeover of Gaza encourages Iran and its proxies to escalate their aggressions.
Conflict with Iran, Israel’s northern front, Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israeli grand strategy
Former head of the research division in IDF Military Intelligence, Chief Intelligence Officer of the IDF Central Command, and Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs. Director of the Intelligence Methodology Research Institute.
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Hamas likely believed that had Israel subscribed to small-scale approach, they could build on the success of October 7 and effect a change that would result in a new “equation” between the organization and the Jewish state. Meaning, the release of the imprisoned terrorists, lifting the blockade, and stopping the normalization process between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
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On March 22, 2022, four Israelis were murdered in a stabbing attack in Beersheba. In the same week, a terrorist shot and killed five civilians in Bnei Brak. Days later …