The multiple terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel is being much bloodier than originally anticipated. Israel already recognizes 900 dead and at least 2,600 injured and the Palestinians report 687 dead and 3,726 injured due to the reprisals suffered by the bombings ordered by Beniamin Netanyahu. The fact that Hamas has around 150 hostages in its possession, whom it threatens to kill if Israel persists in its air strikes, adds even more drama to the situation.
The Israeli army spokesman compared this Hamas attack to 9/11 in New York, but that tragedy ended at the same moment of the attack and what seems to be going to happen now is that the death toll will not stop. increase in the coming days. The forceful response prepared by the Netanyahu Government and the use that Hamas will make of the hostages it has in its possession predict unknown days of tension in this long conflict. You only need to see the use that the Palestinian assailants have made of their offensive on the networks with all kinds of videos.
The Middle East thus displaces Eastern Europe from the concerns of public opinion. When the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is far from being resolved and the risk of becoming chronic is greater, the war in Gaza represents another great destabilization in the complex balance between world powers. Iran is behind the Hamas action, but Russia will undoubtedly benefit from this new war front. In recent months, Vladimir Putin had already played a key role in the Sahel to turn this area of Africa into another factor of instability. It is sometimes forgotten that the West and Russia are at war, although they do not confront each other directly.
In this context, the EU must play its cards well and yesterday it made a serious mistake by attempting to suspend humanitarian aid to Palestinian organizations. Hamas terrorism has nothing to do with the population that lives overcrowded in the Gaza Strip. The EU rectified in time.
The next few days are going to be dramatic. Diplomacy is more necessary than ever right now, but the main actors in this war prefer to use another word: revenge.
