has not claimed responsible to for this. if your hypothesis, as it were, were true, the warnings and worries right from the beginning of the israel gaza war, war has spread, essentially in the region, do you think that is no is significant step closer? yes, i think there significant step closer? yes, i think there is significant step closer? yes, i think there is no significant step closer? yes, i think there is no doubt. - significant step closer? yes, i think there is no doubt. the l think there is no doubt. the israelis, if the vendors, which i think you have, think see no reason with it having happened and there s no doubt as to who would be responsible and by, because as your correspondent to said, saleh al arouri was one of the head officials of hamas outside of gaza and the military wing and posted a irradiance and the turks and qatar is, so he embodies that group. but at the same time it clearly puts hezbollah in a difficult position
programme. first of all, your reaction to what we have been hearing. i reaction to what we have been hearinu. ~ , reaction to what we have been hearinu. ~ , ., ., ., , hearing. i think it s a dangerous escalation hearing. i think it s a dangerous escalation by hearing. i think it s a dangerous escalation by israel, hearing. i think it s a dangerous escalation by israel, though - hearing. i think it s a dangerous escalation by israel, though it. escalation by israel, though it could mean one of several things. it could mean one of several things. it could be the beginning of a sustained israeli camping of attacking and assessing it in outside of gaza. the bulk of them are in qatar, a state that has been friendly, cool, but friendly, towards israel, and that would have lots of implications for the region. it could also be an effort by israel to escalate with hezbollah in lebanon, possibly with an eye to eventually convince in the united states to attack iran s nuclear facilities
year on record. asante say claim is change is to blame. saint tc. you re live with bbc news what is in store in 2024 in store? look at geo politics. war in ukraine and gaza. no quick end in sight. so what happens next? us will play a big part in that answer. large aid packages held up by us lawmakers right now. all this plane into the fact that it is an election year in the us, what impact will that have? we will look at some of those questions now. melinda haring nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council, a think tank focusing on international affairs. matthew schmidt who taught strategic planning at the us army s school of advanced military studies. now at the university of new haven.
be. to come into the fray more, to be. to come into the fray more, to be on their side more, to be more of a military presence in this conflict. i hope he is going to continue to resist that. he could resisted. ., ., , resisted. 0k, we will wait and see him out front. resisted. 0k, we will wait and see him out front. before resisted. ok, we will wait and see him out front. before i resisted. 0k, we will wait and see him out front. before i let - resisted. 0k, we will wait and see him out front. before i let you - him out front. before i let you go, just briefly, the deaths of these individuals themselves, how much do they damage or we can hamas at all? they don t, they are all replaceable list of everyone outside of gaza is basically part of the diplomatic wing of hamas. the former political leaders first in damascus and now in qatar, except for saleh al arouri who was toggling between turkey and lebanon, they are related implemented wing of hamas now. he was a important link to
outside that happening outside the world outside of gaza? where is the leadership of hamas now? and who might leadership of hamas now? and who might step into replacing leadership that is might step into replacing leadership that is captured or killed? i don t think that is captured or killed? i don t think the that is captured or killed? i don t think the idf has answers about right think the idf has answers about right now think the idf has answers about right now but i think they are committed to the strategy. i think jimmy committed to the strategy. i think jimmy netanyahu cannot stop now, he needs jimmy netanyahu cannot stop now, he needs an jimmy netanyahu cannot stop now, he needs an exit ramp and he does not have it needs an exit ramp and he does not have it yet needs an exit ramp and he does not have it yet and i think biden may provide have it yet and i think biden may provide one for him, us pressure might provide one for him, us pressure might provide th