Israel-Hamas War Expands To Jordan Involving Six Countries Of The Region

With the killing of three US soldiers in its military base in Jordan on Monday, the Israel Hamas war has spread to one more country in the Middle East region, apart from involving Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria. The US military has talked of a consequent action meaning, there will be more severe retaliation by the United States.

The Pentagon has ignored the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which notified its verdict on January 26 asking Israel to stop its genocide in Gaza strip and to report to the ICJ within one month on its steps taken to implement the order. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ridiculed the order and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has announced that Israeli will not stop its operations in Gaza until Hamas militants are fully eliminated.

A fringe group of militias calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it was responsible for the drone attack on the site known as Tower 22. The group emerged after Israel’s bombardment in Gaza began. Iran has however denied any involvement in the attacks and the militants but the US is searching the possible areas in Iran to locate the militants. If they find the bases, massive strikes by the US are expected within Iran. Already the US planes have carried out big strikes at a militia base around Iraq-Syria border. Now they are focusing on Iranian border and also inside the country.

President Joe Biden said the US response against all involved in the Tower 22 attack would “come at a time and place of its choosing.” He has faced pressure from opposition politicians demanding military action against Iran. Both Republicans and Democrats are demanding severe action against Iran for helping the Houthis and Hamas. The US exporters are deeply worried at the insecurity in the Red Sea due to the action of the rebels. The pro-Democrat Wall Street crowd have warned President Biden to take on both Hamas and Iran.

US political analysts are saying that President Biden’s initial move to limit the war within Gaza has failed as it has spread to other countries of te region. The US soldiers are paying the price for that through their lives. Some Democratic Congressmen have started talking of persuading Israel to opt for ceasefire so that the war does not turn more widespread involving Iran and other Arab countries of the region. But so far, there is no sign that President Biden will opt for that

Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, US bases in Iraq and Syria have been attacked around 150 times, according to US officials. Violence elsewhere in the region is continuing, with an Israeli air strike on a Damascus suburb killing and wounding several people on Monday.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the attack had hit a farm housing members of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and other Iran-backed factions.

It said the strike had killed seven people, including four Syrians, one of whom was the bodyguard of a member of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

Yemen’s Houthi movement said it had attacked a US navy mobile base at sea, but the claim was immediately rejected by a US defence official. Houthi attacks will continue “until the aggression is stopped and the siege is lifted on the people of Palestine in the Gaza Strip,” military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement. The Houthis are the main militants who are attacking the western ships in Red Sea.

The NATO nations also are giving no credence to the ICJ order on the stoppage of Israeli genocide. The shipment of arms and weapons are being carried out as usual to Israel. The arms manufacturing companies are having a field day. Every day, the civilians are being killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza and the adjoining areas belonging to the Palestinians. There is no sign of the end of the war. (IPA Service)