‘Long and brutal and deadly war’ for Israel and Hamas: former U.S. special envoy
Global News
A former U.S. Special Envoy predicted the United States is working with regional partners to contain the violence between Israel and Hamas.
The United States will do everything it can to prevent the Israel-Hamas conflict from spreading, a former US Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations said.
But regardless of whether Washington succeeds or fails, the situation will remain violent.
“I don’t see a scenario where (Israeli forces) don’t ultimately launch a major ground invasion,” Frank Lowenstein told Mercedes Stephenson on The West Block.
“I’m afraid we are looking at a long and brutal and deadly ground war, both for the Israelis and of course, for the Palestinians.”
Lowenstein, who served as the American special envoy from 2014 until 2017, told Stephenson US President Joe Biden is working with Middle Eastern partners like Jordan, Egypt and Qatar to preserve stability and secure the release of more hostages.
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“There are very cautionary messages being reiterated and highlighted by regional leaders about such (an Israeli) invasion, given that many are worried that this will encourage other non-state actors, primarily Hezbollah, on Israel’s northern border, to also escalate further,” Merissa Khurma said.
Khurma, the director of the Middle East program at the Wilson Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C., told Global News earlier in the week regional power Iran supports both Hamas and Hezbollah, though there is no evidence Iran directly contributed to the Oct. 7 attacks,
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