Israel-Gaza conflict : Implications and effects

Israel and Hamas are once again on the brink of war in Gaza and Israel has called up  75,000  reservists in preparation for a possible ground invasion that could happen any moment coupled with air offensive..Let's have a look What will be the impact of this war.

World leaders have condemned the attacks, and the Arab League said that it will hold an urgent meeting  Saturday to discuss the Israeli strike on Gaza.

Iraq recommended  that Arab states  must use oil as a weapon to exert pressure on Israel and countries that back it, particularly the United States, over the Gaza crisis.

"Playing the economic card is our most powerful weapon at the moment in supporting the Palestinian people, for no military power can currently stand up to Israel," Iraq's permanent Arab League representative Qais al-Azzawi said.

   

"What happened in 1973, when the Arabs stopped oil exports to Western states, is proof that this weapon can succeed in the battle between the Arabs and Israel," Azzawi said .

Israeli air strikes  on Saturday have targeted the cabinet  headquarters of Gaza's Hamas government ,  reporting extensive damage to the building.


On the other side ,Palestinian militants continued  targeting densely populated Tel Aviv in Israel's heartland with rockets .

 Meanwhile, further escalating the conflict between Israel and Hamas , Israel's Cabinet on Friday approved the activation of up to 75,000 reservists, prime minister's spokesman Mark Regev said. Also, the Israel Defense Forces reported earlier in the day that it is "mobilizing forces" in preparation for a "possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip."



At least 30 Palestinians and three Israelis have died since Israel killed Hamas's military chief on Wednesday.
On Saturday an additional strike on the house of a Hamas official in the northern Gaza Jabalia refugee camp left at least 35 people injured.

Senior cabinet minister Moshe Yaalon warned that Israel was poised for aground offensive."We are preparing all the military options, including the possibility that forces will be ready to enter Gaza in the event that the firing doesn't stop," he said.
   
 As  ground troops massed, there was no let-up in theIsraeli air offensive. Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi hammered home the message of support soon after his prime minister ended the lightning visit. "Egypt will not leave Gaza on its own... What is happening is a blatant aggression against humanity."

Hamas boasted its Arsenal

'Israel believes Hamas has significantly boosted its arsenal since the last Gaza war four years ago, including with weapons from Iran and from Libyan stockpiles plundered after the 2011 fall of the regime there.

"After four years, we became stronger, we have a strategy and we became united with all the military wings in Gaza," said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, referring to Hamas' setbacks during Israel's last major offensive in late 2008.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aim  is "to take out the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza while doing everything possible not to harm civilians."

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The Israel and Hamas conflict has started  battle for public opinion on social media


An intense battle is taking place online, On Twitter , the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) warned Hamas’ military wing to lay low: “We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead,” the IDF tweeted.

To which the other side  tweeted  @Alqassam Brigade—a reference to the military wing of Hamas—replied: “@IDF Spokesperson Our blessed hands will reach your leaders and soldiers wherever they are (You Opened Hell Gates on Yourselves).”
   
IMpact of Gaza Attack

Hamas, first elected to govern the Gaza Strip in 2006, is a direct offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.

-Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said Friday that "Gaza will not remain alone as it was," adding that the "aggressors know they will pay a heavy price is they continue their aggression."

"I'm warning the aggressors on Gaza, they can't have any power over the strip," he  said in a statement after the Friday prayer.

"Cairo won't leave Gaza alone, and I'm speaking on behalf of all Egyptian people that Egypt now is different than before," he added.


As Israel turned down the Egyptian request to seize the assault on Gaza , Egypt withdrew its ambassador from Israel and called for a Security Council meeting.

The  ongoing conflict will effect the  three major groups  ie pro-American gulf countries  led by Saudi-Arabia, second group consists of of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah, and the countries witnessing Arab Spring

Actually ,Israel’s assassination of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jaabari have  reverberated far beyond the impoverished, violence-torn Gaza Strip.The exchange of attacks between Israel and Hamas has threatened an increasingly fragile Middle east peace process .

Hamas,who  refuses to recognize the state of Israel is one reason why it's been excluded from peace talks. In 1993, it opposed the Oslo Accords, a peace pact between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

In an effort to de-escalate tension in the region,US President Barack Obama has called the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Morsi Isa El-Ayyat.


 Obama tries to de-escalate tension

Obama reiterated American support for Israel's right to defend itself, and expressed regret over the loss of Israeli and Palestinian civilian lives. "The two leaders discussed options for de-escalating the situation.

"The President and Prime Minister agreed that the continued spiral of violence jeopardizes prospects for a durable, lasting peace in the region.  The President underscored his commitment to advancing the goal of Middle East peace.

"In all cases, her message has been the same, that we are urging a de-escalation of this conflict. We are urging those countries with influence on Hamas and other groups in Gaza to use that influence to get a de-escalation," the State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told