What does Iran want? Israel, Gaza and the spectre of regional escalation

03.11.2023 - 10:05 france24.com

Hezbollah has lost several dozen fighters in cross-border skirmishes since Hamas sparked the war with Israel last month. Do Tehran and its proxies want to keep the tensions on a low simmer or dial them up for a full boil?

There are good arguments for both. The US, conscious of the mounting outrage over Israel's daily bombardments of civilians in Gaza, is now calling for a humanitarian pause in that Palestinian territory.

What's Washington's plan for de-escalation? Meanwhile Israel's enemies, starting with Iran, see an opportunity to scuttle a normalisation of ties with regional powers and a chance to break out of their own isolation in the name of solidarity with the Palestinians.

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