- Oct 20, 2022
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Updates of escalating conflict throughout ME -
BBC reports (in link below) on the trigger points which have become multi-directional and involve multiple protagonists: Civilian death toll from Gaza continues to rise as the IDF bomb hospitals, UN compounds and food queues. 2 hospitals in Southern Gaza’s largest city, Khan Younis, are reported as ‘encircled’ with displaced civilians, medical staff and patients trapped inside:
Note the presence of al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen which, along with the Taliban’s recent takeover of Afghanistan, are undergoing something of a global resurgence - The US/UK strikes on Houthis in Lebanon risk either creating a terrorist group power vacuum, at worse trigger al-Qaeda to coalesce support with other terrorist groups already fighting against Israel’s bombardment in Gaza.
US/Israel/UK strikes on Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas in the region is like Hercules cutting off the head of Hydra - cut it off and it just keep multiplying …
BBC reports (in link below) on the trigger points which have become multi-directional and involve multiple protagonists: Civilian death toll from Gaza continues to rise as the IDF bomb hospitals, UN compounds and food queues. 2 hospitals in Southern Gaza’s largest city, Khan Younis, are reported as ‘encircled’ with displaced civilians, medical staff and patients trapped inside:
Gaza health ministry says 20 Palestinians killed in strike on food aid queue
An Israeli strike on Gaza City killed 20 Palestinians and wounded 150 who were queuing for food aid on Thursday, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said, in what a Palestinian coalition called a "war crime." The Israeli military said it was looking into the report. The National and Islamic...
uk.news.yahoo.com
Israeli attacks on Gaza shelters a ‘pattern’, says UN
UNRWA says Israeli assurances of protecting civilians “not followed up”, as death toll from shelter attack rises to 13.
www.aljazeera.com
Understanding a week of missile strikes across Middle East
From the Red Sea to Gaza to Iran, the past week has deepened fears of conflict spreading.
www.bbc.co.uk
Note the presence of al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen which, along with the Taliban’s recent takeover of Afghanistan, are undergoing something of a global resurgence - The US/UK strikes on Houthis in Lebanon risk either creating a terrorist group power vacuum, at worse trigger al-Qaeda to coalesce support with other terrorist groups already fighting against Israel’s bombardment in Gaza.
US/Israel/UK strikes on Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas in the region is like Hercules cutting off the head of Hydra - cut it off and it just keep multiplying …
Yemen’s al-Qaeda: Expanding the Base | Crisis Group
Thriving on conflict, sectarianism, and local opportunism, al-Qaeda’s affiliates are stronger than ever in Yemen. To shrink their growing base will require better governance in vulnerable areas, not treating all Sunni Islamists as one enemy, and above all ending Yemen’s civil war.
www.crisisgroup.org
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