As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, Israel's goals seem to be far from being achieved, and the troubles they are experiencing are increasing, and the United States is constantly raising its voice of "concern."
What exactly is Israel's trouble?And what are the Americans worried about?
According to the Observer Network, on December 10, local time, the Israeli army and Lebanese Allah forces continued to exchange fire near the Lebanese-Israeli border, and the conflict between the two sides has escalated. Allah forces have launched ** attack drones and high-powered rockets against the Israeli army. The Israeli army, for its part, launched fighter jets to attack houses and people in Lebanese territory.
According to reports, the attacks on both sides caused varying degrees of ** to the other side, with the Israeli army claiming that two soldiers were slightly injured as a result of the Allah attack. The Lebanese side claimed that five civilians had been injured in the Israeli attack, and both sides blamed the other. Allah, for its part, admitted that it had escalated its attacks on Israeli forces.
On 11 December, the US "Washington Post" reported that after investigation, it was found that the Israeli army used white phosphorus bombs when it launched an attack on targets in Lebanon in October, and there was evidence that these white phosphorus bombs came from the United States. In this regard, the White House expressed "concern". A Pentagon spokesman said that the United States has not provided Israel with white phosphorus bombs since the beginning of the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Judging from the current situation, Israel's real "trouble" is not the so-called two-front war, Lebanese Allah only fired a few rockets and drones, did not launch a large-scale attack on the Israeli army, and did not cause major **. At present, the Israeli army has deployed heavy troops on the northern border, which is fully capable of defending against the offensive of Allah. It will not delay the combat operations of the main Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.
Israel's real trouble, however, is that there seems to be no end in sight to this conflict. The primary task of the Israeli army is to completely exterminate Hamas, but can Hamas, which has been broken into pieces, really be completely wiped out?Despite the divisions that are taking place within Palestine, there is no doubt that the resistance will always exist.
Hamas is not the only force of resistance, and the Israeli army's assault on Gaza has in fact cultivated a group of young Palestinians who hate them to the core. When these people reach adulthood, or when they have ** in their hands, it will become a nightmare for the Israelites. To add insult to injury, Israel does not seem to want to subjugate the Palestinians, but rather to expel or even exterminate them. It is not known how many more years of hatred between the two peoples will continue.
The Israeli army's military operation in Gaza has thoroughly angered the Islamic world in the Middle East, and the forces that are openly or covertly helping Palestine and attacking Israel are increasing. Allah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen are currently the main forces launching attacks against Israel on the periphery.
But we must know that they are not the main force, they are only the peripheral forces that have been nurtured, and now they are only acting as pawns. Everyone knows that Allah and the Houthis alone cannot liberate Palestine or inflict fatal damage on Israeli forces. But the terrible thing is that there are many such local armed forces in the Middle East, and they will appear one after another. Therefore, if Israel does not stop in time, it will face a long war.
In the larger picture, Israel is facing increasing opposition and pressure from the international community. In particular, Putin recently visited the Middle East and carried out in-depth cooperation with Iran on resolving the Palestinian-Israeli issue. With strong foreign aid from the countries of the Middle East, Israel's situation will become more and more difficult. Israel should be aware of a very dangerous sign that this conflict could turn into a protracted war of attrition.
If we look at the "concerns" of the United States, it is not difficult to find that the topic of white phosphorus bombs, from the discovery to the investigation to the raising of concerns, was all done by the Americans from beginning to end. Why is the United States constantly increasing its support for Israel on the one hand, but on the other hand, it is making a high-profile attempt to expose Israel's shortcomings?
The reason is not complicated, because the United States has no choice but to support Israel, and what they are really worried about is that they are afraid of being dragged into the quagmire of a protracted war of attrition by Israel. Israel is at war, and the United States wants to come up with real money** to help, but this is not the key issue.
Crucially, the United States' current limited financial and military resources are being dragged into the quagmire of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which makes it difficult to advance their previous important strategies, and even faces the danger of failure.
For example, in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukraine is about to be unable to support it, because the United States has given aid to Israel;In the Middle East, Biden's painstakingly laid out peace situation has been completely destroyed, all the initial investment has been wasted, and there is a danger of losing allies in the Middle East;The United States is also trying to contain China in the South China Sea, which requires a strong investment of naval and air forces, and a large-scale, long-term investment. And now, with Russia's involvement in the Middle East, the US military has to consider transferring more forces back to the Middle East, including military forces in the Asia-Pacific region.
That's the biggest concern for the United States!