The attack on Iran that left at least 84 dead when thousands of people were gathering in the city of Kerman for the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. Now, fear is growing that the conflict between Israel and the Hamas group in the Gaza Strip and extend to other countries.
Israel-Hamas conflict: they fear that the conflict will escalate
After this, Israeli army spokesman, Daniel Hagaristated that the soldiers were “in a state of alert very high” and prepared “for any scenario.” The truth is that for a long time now Israel and Iran maintain very tense relationsso the start of the war in Gaza aggravated tensions with Iranian-backed groups in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
After the attack, some Iranian officials had responsible for the attack on the United States and Israel, but today he was claimed by the Islamic State group, who is a Sunni Muslim and an enemy of Iran, a country also Muslim but of the Shiite branch.
Iranwhat is enemy of Israelalso blames him for an attack in December in Syria that killed Razi Mousavia senior commander of the Quds Force, the same branch of the Revolutionary Guard Corps that Soleimani had once led.
US Secretary of State travels to the Middle East
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The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, travels today to the Middle East amid these fears that the conflict between Israel and Hamas spread even further across the region, while the Israeli Army redoubles its offensive in the Gaza Strip.
In Beirutthe capital of Lebanon, meanwhile, hundreds of people attended the funeral of Hamas number two, Saleh al-Arouri, after he died this week in a bombing in Beirut attributed to Israel, which has promised to dismantle the Palestinian Islamist movement since their deadly attacks in southern Israel last October.
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallahin a long-awaited speech motivated by the assassination of Al-Arouri, said yesterday that the group will fight “without limits” if Israel declares war on Lebanon and warned that the death of the number two of Hamas will not go “without response and without punishment“.
Blinken’s trip, announced last week, is his fourth to the Middle East since Hamas militants infiltrated on October 7 In Israel from Gaza they murdered about 1,200 people.
“It is not in the interest of anyone, of any country in the region or of any country in the world, to see that this conflict escalates further“he said yesterday spokesperson for Blinken and the State Department, Matthew Miller.
In WashingtonMeanwhile, before leaving on the trip, Blinken spoke by phone today with his counterpart from France, the chancellor. Catherine Colonnaand agreed to work for “avoid escalation in Lebanon and Iran“Miller said in a statement.
The ministers spoke about “the importance of measures to prevent the conflict in Gaza from spreadingincluding affirmative steps to de-escalate tensions in the West Bank and avoid escalation in Lebanon and Iran,” the note stated.
US attacks
Despite its calls to moderate its offensive in Gaza, the Biden Administration has endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuwith public, diplomatic and weapons support, and a few days ago Blinken again bypassed the Congressional review to accelerate the sale of weapons to Israel.
USA He has also said that he will not tolerate attacks on his interests and yesterday, together with 12 allies, he issued what he described as a “last warning” to the Houthis of Yemen to stop their attacks in the Red Sea.
In Iraqthe Government said that a US bombing in Baghdad today killed two members of a coalition of Iraqi militias that claimed responsibility for attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria in support of Hamas. Washington did not confirm launching the attack.
Source: Ambito
