The Hamas War Is Far More Dangerous to Israel Than the Yom Kippur War
By Henri J. Barkey, The National Interest: “This current war with Hamas is a far more dangerous threat to Israel than the 1973 Yom Kippur War, almost exactly fifty years ago.”
By Henri J. Barkey, The National Interest: “This current war with Hamas is a far more dangerous threat to Israel than the 1973 Yom Kippur War, almost exactly fifty years ago.”
Hanin Ghaddar and Ahmad Sharawi write: To minimize the risks of full-scale war, Hezbollah has simultaneously been playing a calculated and coordinated game of plausible deniability, often allowing other groups to launch rockets against Israel from south Lebanon. Yet its margin for error and miscalculation is shrinking every day, and even the limited escalation seen thus far has killed numerous Hezbollah fighters and displaced thousands of civilians in the south due to fears of another war. Israel has responded by bombing sites where missiles are launched and targeting some of Hezbollah’s military infrastructure, losing several soldiers in the process. – Washington Institute
Aveen Karim writes: Whether a regional spillover happens will depend on how the US, Iran, and Israel will react to any perceived aggression. Within Israel, there seems to be a lack of appetite for an escalation in conflict with Israelis angry at the government for not preventing the October 7th attack and failing to bring the hostages home. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may not have the popular support needed expanding the conflict. An opening of a second front with Hezbollah or the death of foreign troops in attacks by Iran-backed proxies remain the main triggers of further expansion of the conflict, but it can still be avoided if the retaliation is limited. – RUDAW