Jonathan Spyer's column focusing on political and security issues in the Middle East and beyond.
BEHIND THE LINES: Events in the West Bank receive little coverage in Israeli and international media, and it would be a mistake to ignore the simmering tensions in the area south of Jerusalem.
BEHIND THE LINES: But who exactly carried out this attack? Who is targeting US forces in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan?
The IDF bombardment of Wadi Saluki is the latest episode in the controlled but intense confrontation currently taking place on the northern border.
Further missions deeper into Khan Yunis lie ahead, but the destruction of Hamas governance in Gaza, as seen from the ground, appears to be proceeding steadily apace.
Since October 7, most media coverage has tended to regard the Gaza war as the central arena, and the other two fronts as subsidiary to it. This perspective needs to be revised.
When is an attack not an attack?
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