The Israeli leadership sees its war against Hamas as one element of a broader geopolitical rearrangement driven by Russia, China and Iran – and says the West should be worried.
Israel will invade Rafah to “finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, regardless of what the world might think.
It has a crisis to its north that has forced more than 100,000 citizens to flee their homes southwards amid daily Hezbollah rocket barrages.
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