Svetlova, a Russian Israeli with expertise in Middle East affairs, said Russia was a "main beneficiary" of the current war in the Middle East.
Iran is also trying to put out messaging suggesting that Gaza will “swallow” IDF forces if Israel launches the expected incursion.
On the eighteenth day of the war Israel struggles with the waiting phrase before an expected ground incursion; dealing with humanitarian issues and continued strikes
Anti-tank fire increasingly a threat, as Hezbollah announces two more deaths and the IDF strikes 320 targets in Gaza.
The strike on the target was in retaliation for a morning missile launch toward Israeli forces.
"We are alert," said Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, "and if Hezbollah wants to start a war, it should first look at the photographs of Gaza City."
Israel’s challenge today goes far beyond defeating Hamas, with the IDF also needing to keep it from expanding to the North and the West Bank, and keeping Iran from exploiting it.
The reports from Lebanon said that the meeting included discussions of "political developments especially in Palestine."
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in a speech on Monday, said Israel was on a "path of collapse and fragmentation."
Hamas learned in a more systematic way, with Iran and Hezbollah assisting, how to instigate its own ring of fire around Jerusalem.
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