According to Xinhua News Agency on January 2, Israeli drones attacked the offices of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, killing six people, including Saleh Aluri, deputy chairman of the Hamas Politburo, and injuring many others. Hamas has notified brokers such as Qatar and Egypt to freeze "any negotiations" with Israel.
According to Lebanese Allah-affiliated Lighthouse TV, two leaders of the Qassam Brigades, a militant wing of Hamas, were also killed in the airstrike. Lebanese Allah said the incident was an attack on Lebanon's sovereignty and the security of its people, and that Aruri's killing was a political and security symbol and a "dangerous development" in the course of the conflict with Israel. The timing of the attack "will be responded" and Allah forces are fully prepared.
In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior adviser Mark Grave hastened to explain that the attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, was only aimed at Hamas members, not against Lebanese or Allah targets. Since the Israeli side explained it in this way, let's briefly talk about a small detail: Does Israel's cross-border killing count as aggression? If not, then why should Allah in Lebanon engage in cross-border guerrilla warfare.
First of all, Aruri can indeed be considered the No. 2 person in Hamas, but in reality, there are a large number of No. 2 people in Hamas, most of whom are dead and some of whom are still alive. Hamas's highest decision-making body, called the Consultative Council, is an executive organ that includes military forces, agencies behind enemy lines, counterintelligence agencies, and publishing agencies, some in Gaza and some in the periphery of Palestine.
The advantage of this is that it is decentralized and not controlled by a specific person, which makes it difficult for Israel to specialize in targeted assassinations. You know, no less than 20 members of Hamas's leadership have been killed so far, and even the spiritual leader and founder, Yassin, disappeared as early as 2004, but the entire organization is still functioning, and it does not collapse because of the death of one leader.
For Israel, however, it still makes sense. Even if the assassination of Hamas figures is so successful that the public will not be able to remember their names, as long as the names of the people are present and the importance of the assassination is enough to forcefully respond to the doubts of the outside world, it can be regarded as another earth-shattering event done by the Israeli government. As for who this person really is, so what?
In fact, Aruri has lived in the Lebanese office for a long time, spoke on behalf of Hamas on Al Jazeera, and his itinerary is mostly public, and it will not be difficult for the Mossad to control and complete the assassination. The difficult thing is that this move is tantamount to openly provoking Lebanon, especially the Lebanese Allah armed forces, how to end up provoking people?
Previously, the conflict between Israel and Allah in Lebanon had only stopped at the border, with piecemeal backs and forths, but this time it was a real cross-border air strike to the capital. It is said that Aruryu was also meeting with members of Allah, and Allah's losses are unknown, but since they threatened to retaliate, they will certainly not be soft.
The direct result is not only that the negotiations between the two sides have ended in the release of the hostages, but that the negotiations have only begun for a few days, and what is even worse is that the war in Gaza has not yet ended, and Israel has arbitrarily escalated the pressure on the northern front, facing Allah, which is several times stronger than Hamas. Maybe Israel is not panicking, after all, it can still rely on foreign aid to survive, and foreign aid is naturally the United States, but the United States is going crazy!
For this war, Israel called up 300,000 reservists, social production activities almost came to a standstill, and there was no direct economic return for military action. So much so that the international financial circles generally believe that one more day of war will burn $200 million, and the current loss in three months is at least $50 billion. If you always want the United States to go to the bottom, then there is also bad news, the total US national debt has exceeded 34 trillion US dollars.
The Biden administration has invested a lot of money and material resources on both fronts in Ukraine and Israel, and has not seen any significant signs of victory. Ukraine is like a quagmire, and Israel is on the verge of it. However, the Biden administration is still full of confidence, saying that it has the ability to invest in both Ukraine and Israel.
In that case, let's talk about it. On the Korean Peninsula, General Kim is very dissatisfied with the recent series of actions in the south, and he has refused to recognize him as a fellow race, but an enemy, and the risk of military friction cannot be ruled out. Even if what the Biden administration says is true and can withstand the two-front operation, what about the third or even the fourth front?