War In The South; Insecurity In The North; Israel Desperately Opens A New Front In The West Bank!

Experts believe that the Israeli army does not have the ability to completely occupy the Gaza Strip, and most of these operations are carried out with the aim of clearing possible areas where Hamas forces are present.

Clashes continue in Rafah city and the southern areas of Gaza city, also known as the Netzarim corridor, amidst ceasefire negotiations.

Recently, the director of the American Central Intelligence Agency held talks with Israel, Qatar and Egypt to amend the details of the proposal. The Egyptian and Qatari mediators are pessimistic about the chances of reaching an agreement, and they estimate that Netanyahu does not want to reach an agreement before the US presidential elections.

On the other hand, after the discovery of the bodies of 6 Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip, internal pressure has increased on Netanyahu and his government to agree to a peace agreement with Hamas and return the Israeli prisoners.

On September 1, Israeli army announced that it recovered the bodies of six hostages, who were captured alive by the Hamas on October 7, from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, shortly after they were murdered by their captors.

Hamas rejected the claim of the Israeli army. It is said that two of these prisoners were supposed to be released in the first phase of a possible ceasefire agreement and exchange of prisoners. It seems that Netanyahu will use this opportunity to continue the war in the Gaza Strip and put pressure on Hamas and achieve his so-called goals in the Gaza Strip.

Still, important problems such as the Philadelphia and Netzarim axis prevent a lasting ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu and his hard-line cabinet are not willing to withdraw from these areas.

Actually, Netanyahu’s cabinet decision to remain in Philadelphia was a public blow to Defense Minister Yoav Galant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, who recommended a temporary withdrawal from the strategic axis in order to free 20-30 prisoners.

As tensions persist in the Gaza Strip and internal divisions arise among Israeli officials regarding the strip, the Israeli Defense Minister is issuing threats to engage in a wide-scale conflict with Hezbollah on the Northern Front!

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced today while visiting the Netzarim axis, “While we are fighting in Gaza, we are preparing for anything that could happen in the north and we are ready to transfer the center of military gravity to the northern front immediately.”

The battles in the northern front have been going on for months and tensions along the northern borders have led to widespread evacuations of settlements. More than 250,000 Israeli citizens have been displaced by the war and the number of Israeli refugees increases daily.

The current situation in the northern front has caused the reverse migration of Israelis and huge political and financial losses to the Israeli regime. The security of the settlers in northern Palestine has been completely destroyed and it is difficult and unbearable for Israel to continue the current situation.

The Israeli army and Lebanese Hezbollah continue to exchange artillery fire on a daily basis. Hezbollah attacks Israeli army positions and bases in the region using light rockets, suicide drones, and anti-armor missiles. On the other hand, Israeli fighter jets target the eastern and southern towns of Lebanon using heavy bombs and Israeli drones conduct targeted assassinations against Lebanese resistance fighters and commanders.

In recent months, Israeli authorities have repeatedly threatened Lebanon with a large-scale ground military operation. Gallant’s recent threat from the heart of the Gaza Strip is the latest example of these threats.

However, it seems very unlikely that the Israeli regime has the ability to fight on three fronts. Especially since the Israeli army recently opened a new front in the West Bank.

Therefore, the outcome of the ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip is crucial for the Israeli regime and has a direct impact on the continuation of the war in the northern front. In fact, Hezbollah’s goal of waging war with Israel is about to secure a lasting ceasefire in the south. Hezbollah has announced the end of Israel’s aggression in the Gaza Strip as a condition for the cessation of the war and the end of insecurity on the northern front.

The Israeli army has started a large-scale military campaign in the West Bank since August 28. This operation is the largest Israeli army attack on the Israeli-occupied West Bank since Operation Defensive Shield in 2002.

Israel stated that the purpose of the operation in the West Bank is to deal with the increasing insecurity of the last few months and to destroy the so-called Iranian terrorism.

It is said that the Israeli army has now classified the West Bank as the second most important and sensitive front after Gaza. This directive is currently in its early stages, and it is expected to take time to compile and finalize, but the Israeli military has organized a series of operations against resistance groups in areas of the West Bank. Israeli officials emphasized: “The operation in the West Bank is just the beginning.”

The Israeli operation is currently focused on the northern half of the West Bank and the cities of Jenin, Tulkarm, Tubas and Nablus. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, since the onset of the Israeli offensive in the West Bank, 39 Palestinians have been martyred and 145 others have been wounded.

However, after the start of military operations in the West Bank, the security situation in this area has worsened and anti-Israeli operations have greatly increased.

On August 31, an Israeli squad commander in the ranks of the Bislamach Brigade’s 906th Battalion was killed and three others were wounded during clashes with fighters from the Hamas Movement in Jenin. On September 1, three Israeli police officers were killed in a shooting attack near the city of Tarqumiyah. And the latest incident was today, on September 8, that three Israelis were killed in a shooting attack at the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank.

The recent developments in the West Bank clearly indicate that escalating pressure from the Israeli army on the people of the West Bank may have the opposite effect. Furthermore, the expansion of the conflict in this region could pose a serious threat to the security of Israel’s capital.

Many experts believe that the Israeli regime’s new military aggression in the West Bank, due to Netanyahu’s extremist and warlike cabinet, can eventually turn into something similar to the genocide that is going on in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli aggression in Gaza has so far claimed the lives of more than 40,500 Palestinians, most of whom are women and children. The Israeli forces also killed more than 670 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the war on October 7.

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