'Defensive operations' simply a land grab

With the obvious intention of maximizing its gains from the Middle East crisis in any future ceasefire negotiations after the new Donald Trump administration takes office, Israel, with the full backing from the outgoing Joe Biden administration, has apparently strengthened its offensive on different fronts over the past week.

The Israeli Air Force bombed what it claims was Hamas' Aerial Defense Unit in a command and control center embedded in Al Wafa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and nearby Al-Ahli Arab Hospital on Sunday. Hamas-run health authorities claimed that dozens of people had been killed, including hospital staff.

In Syria, Israel is obviously intent on taking advantage of the chaos in the country after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government to occupy the whole of the Golan Heights, where local residents worry about a full invasion by Israel as the Benjamin Netanyahu government is trying its best to double the number of Israeli settlers in its newly occupied zones on the heights to make its annexing a fait accompli in a short time.