And the real reason for attacking Iran reveals itself
Netanyahu benefitting politically from attack on Iran
Israeli political analyst Akiva Eldar says the attacks on Iran could bolster PM Netanyahu’s popularity, even as he faces continued scrutiny over corruption charges and security failures on October 7, 2023.
“What we see right now is that we are not looking at Gaza. We are not thinking of hoping to get back the Israeli captives; there are 20 or 22 people still alive, and Netanyahu never took responsibility for that. Now, as we see in the polls and in the public mood, Netanyahu is the greatest hero in history,” Eldar told Al Jazeera.
“It seems he’s going to accomplish his ‘mission from God’, which is to destroy the ‘post-modern Nazis’, as he calls Iran. And if there were elections today, we can forget about his corruption trial, forget about the failure of October 7,” he added.
What’s happening in Gaza and the occupied West Bank?
In parallel to attacking Iran, and making periodic attacks on Lebanon, Israel is continuing to target civilians across Gaza.
More than 50 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24-hour reporting period, medical sources say, with the attacks concentrated in southern Khan Younis, central Gaza, and northern Gaza City. At least six of those were killed while waiting for aid.
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces have continued to carry out a raid on the village of Sanur, south of Jenin, for a second consecutive day.
Soldiers imposed a curfew and turned entire neighbourhoods into military posts, Wafa news agency reported.
Separately, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said Israeli authorities have issued or renewed administrative detention orders against 34 Palestinian detainees.
Palestinian Civil Defence teams said they responded to 17 incidents involving falling shrapnel over the past 24 hours, as Israel and Iran continue to exchange attacks.
