Israel's foreign minister called for the assassination of the new leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, while Israel expects an attack from Iran, where the former leader of Hamas was killed.
The head of diplomacy, Israel Katz, wrote on IX that the appointment of Sinvar, who is an "arch-terrorist", as the new leader, is another reason to quickly eliminate him and wipe his organization off the face of the earth.
Israel did not claim responsibility for the killing of the previous leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, but Iran blamed Israel for it and announced a response.
Hamas named Sinwar, one of the masterminds behind the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, as its new leader, and Katz said it was "a clear message to the world that the Palestinian issue is completely controlled by Iran and Hamas."
Katz also pointed out that Israel must ensure control over the occupied West Bank in order to prevent Iran from creating a new "stronghold of extremists" there.
"Anything else would lead to the creation of a new outpost of Iran in the region, which will explode in the face of the world and surrounding countries," Kac believes.
The Israeli military is constantly conducting raids in the West Bank that it says are preventing extremist activities and potential attacks on Israel. Since the war in Gaza began, around 600 people have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank.
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, which is also backed by Iran, announced that he would avenge the killing of one of its commanders, Fuad Shukur, raising fears of a wider regional conflict.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that everyone in the region should "reduce tensions, not raise them".
"We will continue to defend Israel from attacks by terrorist groups and their sponsors, just as we will defend our troops. But everyone in the region should understand that further escalation of tensions will cause conflict, instability and insecurity for all. Further attacks increase the risk of dangerous outcomes that no one will be able to control," says Blinken.
He believes that a ceasefire is the only way to end the war in Gaza and peace in the region.
The White House said earlier that US President Joseph Biden spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Qatari Emir Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani on Tuesday, and that they "agreed on the urgency of ending the process as soon as possible."
Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas over the October 7 attack that killed 1.200 people and took 250 hostage. Israel then launched an offensive on Gaza in which an estimated 40.000 people, mostly women and children, died, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
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