Key Points
With Israel on the verge of ordering a land offensive in Gaza in retaliation to the medieval massacre by Sunni Hamas jihadists in South Israel since October 7, the Middle East is now sitting on a powder keg as the democratic world watching the scenario unfold with bated breath for the strike-retaliation-counter-retaliation terror cycle could play out globally...
There is a divided opinion among the national security planners on whether the Israel-Hamas conflagration could engulf the Middle East and the world at large or stay contained in the current battle theatre..
With propaganda active on social media, images of Israeli retaliation in Gaza now will be used by jihadists to push other states into conflict as both Hamas and Hezbollah have umbilical links with the pan-Islamic Muslim Brotherhood..
While it is said that Hamas leader Mohammed Deif planned the south Israel attack in 2021 after seeing images of Israeli forces storming Al Aqsa mosque during Ramzan, the images of Israeli relations in Gaza could spawn lone-wolf attacks against Israelis and its supporters globally..
Given that a new cycle of terrorism has only just begun, the democratic world will have to be on its toes as countries like Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan could use the Israeli retaliation to weaponize their own resident jihadists on political Islam to suit their own geo-political interests for the coming years..
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