Netanyahu, defiant, seems to have gone rogue, risking a regional struggle

As the Biden administration and its allies attempt to safe an elusive cease-fire within the Gaza Strip, Israel seems to have gone rogue.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, got here to Washington final week to provide a defiant speech. Despite worldwide condemnation, he vowed to proceed the struggle towards Hamas in Gaza and the West Bank, the place Israel is killing and imprisoning scores of Palestinians every week, with none clear concept of its endgame.

The assassinations of senior Hezbollah and Hamas figures overseas have now sharply raised the dangers of a bigger regional struggle as Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah put together retaliation, analysts say.