So far the risks of the horrific Gaza crisis escalating to a wider war remain low – but they can’t be ruled out entirely
Soon after Hamas’s 7 October attack and Israel’s retaliatory bombing campaign in Gaza, pundits began debating the odds of escalation. For its part, the Biden administration has tried to prevent the fighting between Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from spreading to other areas of the Middle East, if only to spare the roughly 45,000 US troops based there from another ill-fated war.
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News Source: https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/08/israel-gaza-war-wider-conflict-us-iran