Editorial
Taming the brewing tension in the Middle East
2 years agoSmoke billows following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese border village of Chihine on July 28, 2024. - Fallout from the Gaza war is regularly felt on the Israel-Lebanon frontier, where deadly cross-border exchanges have escalated between Israeli troops and mainly Hezbollah fighters. (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU / AFP)
Just as the world heaves a sigh of relief over the Iran-Israeli confrontation, a consequence of the Israeli war on Gaza, the ante of the seething Israeli-Palestine crisis was upped by the Israelis following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas in Tehran, Iranian capital on July 31.