Iran has told Israel through the UN that it will intervene if the country’s operations against Hamas in Gaza continue, a report has claimed.

Israel has warned 1.1 million people living in the north of the enclave to evacuate ahead of an expected ground operation in Gaza with the IDF planning to strike the territory from land, sea and air.

Iran’s involvement could be through a militant group from Syria or by backing Hezbollah to join the conflict, diplomatic sources told Axios.

Meanwhile, Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said that Israel’s operations could cause fighting to expand to other areas of the Middle East which would cause Israel to suffer “a huge earthquake”, reported the Associated Press.

  • Wakmrow@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s signaling to the region.

    Israel has a strong military for sure but they can’t fight every country. Also, declaring war on the Muslim world is not something Israel can win even with Western support.

    • ObiWon_KanBloMi@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Israels military has been built specifically to handle a war with every country in the Middle East. It’s the reason why Israel has mandatory service and why basically every Israeli is a reservist.

      And they’re massive military is a big reason as to why a lot of people don’t like them.

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      1 year ago

      I mean they literally can fight every country, they did it before when they didn’t even have their MIC up and running yet