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Syria accused Israel of attacking the airports in Damascus and Aleppo with rockets today. These developments come amid growing fears that the conflict between Israel and Hamas could lead to a regional war in the Middle East.
Israel has mobilized 360,000 reservists after the attack by Hamas militants. Hundreds of tanks have been positioned on the border with the Gaza Strip and a ground attack seems imminent.
Iran is one of Hamas' main backers and there are fears the attack could lead to a wider conflict in the region.
"If Israel were to carry out a ground attack on Gaza, I think there is a real concern that other groups that have the support of Iran and that share the same goals with it or hate Israel, as Iran does, could also get involved in the war." , says Barbara Slavin, Middle East analyst at the Stimson Center.
This includes Hezbollah, a powerful militant group based in Lebanon that is supported by Iran. In recent days, Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters have launched sporadic rocket attacks.
The Syrian authorities announced that Israel had attacked the airports in Damascus and Aleppo with missiles, damaging the runways. Israel has not commented on the issue, but has previously accused Syria of facilitating arms shipments from Iran to militant groups in the region.
After the Hamas attack, Israeli politicians, beset by strong internal divisions, came together to form a unity government. That could temporarily stop internal hostilities, says former US Middle East envoy Dennis Ross.
"I do not exclude the possibility that there will be a wide war. Although Hezbollah had pinned their hopes on internal divisions in Israel, I think they have seen what has happened, so that is no longer the case, so this may dampen their interest in an all-out war. But as I said, Iran may have an interest in keeping Hezbollah as a reserve, in case they think they can be attacked by Israel ," he says.
Israel may try to expand attacks against Iran's allies and associates beyond Asia.
"Of course there is always the potential for Israel to strike elsewhere. Not just Lebanon, which would trigger a third war in Lebanon, but potentially expand what is already going on between Israel and Iran indirectly, what is known as the war between wars, which includes the cyber element and the naval element.” , says Behnam Ben Taleblu, of the Federation for the Defense of Democracies.
But for Lina Khatib, an analyst at the Middle East Institute in London, it is unlikely that Israel will attack Iran directly.
"Because that would require even more resources while Israel is using them to their maximum capacity in the conflict with Hamas, like at the intelligence level, for example," she said.
Meanwhile, the United States has sent an aircraft carrier to the region. For President Joe Biden, this was a warning to Iran that it should 'be careful'.
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