Shatila refugee camp in southern Beirut. (Credit: Archive Photo, Mohammad Yassine/L’Orient Today)
What if the situation were reversed? Since Hezbollah joined the regional war alongside Iran against Israel, Israel has intensified its strikes not only on the Shiite party’s targets but also on its Palestinian allies, including Islamic Jihad and, especially, Hamas.Israeli forces have assassinated leaders of these groups in Beirut’s southern suburbs, as well as in Saida, Tripoli, and even the Chouf. Two strikes also hit the Palestinian camp of Ain al-Hilweh on Sunday, killing at least one Islamic Jihad member. Against this backdrop, some local media have speculated that Palestinian factions could join the conflict alongside Hezbollah, two and a half years after the opening of the “support front for Gaza” from southern Lebanon.Some analysts warn that these attacks could in fact push Hamas – or even the Islamic Jihad, a pro-Iranian movement...
What if the situation were reversed? Since Hezbollah joined the regional war alongside Iran against Israel, Israel has intensified its strikes not only on the Shiite party’s targets but also on its Palestinian allies, including Islamic Jihad and, especially, Hamas.Israeli forces have assassinated leaders of these groups in Beirut’s southern suburbs, as well as in Saida, Tripoli, and even the Chouf. Two strikes also hit the Palestinian camp of Ain al-Hilweh on Sunday, killing at least one Islamic Jihad member. Against this backdrop, some local media have speculated that Palestinian factions could join the conflict alongside Hezbollah, two and a half years after the opening of the “support front for Gaza” from southern Lebanon.Some analysts warn that these attacks could in fact push Hamas – or even the Islamic Jihad, a...
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