Developments in the war in the Gaza Strip captured the attention of international newspapers, some of which focused on the assassination of Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), south of the capital, Beirut.
The newspaper “Politico” wrote that targeting Al-Arouri “represents a dangerous escalation in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East,” and recalled previous statements by the Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, in which she said he vowed to respond to any targeting operation carried out by Israel against any Palestinian official in Lebanon.
Former British Minister Peter Hain believed – in an article published by The Guardian newspaper – that Israel “will not be able to destroy Hamas even if it destroys all of Gaza,” calling for the necessity of involving Hamas in governing the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.
Hein’s article stated that the West is complicit in what he called the catastrophic failure in Gaza, and warns that the gap between Western capitals and the global South is widening, and that the price for this will be high.
A report in the Financial Times highlighted the extent of the destruction in the Gaza Strip, asking about the reality that the residents of the Strip will have to deal with the day after the war, commenting by saying that “the residents of Gaza are accustomed to emerging from the rubble to life again.”
The Wall Street Journal focused on the internal division in Israel, and wrote that Israel is still divided despite showing unity during the war.
For its part, the Chinese newspaper “Global Times” touched on the developments of the war in the Gaza Strip, and wrote that “the withdrawal of part of the Israeli forces indicates that Israel needs to evaluate its strategy in Gaza and consider the extent of its ability to confront the danger of the situation in Gaza getting out of control.” In addition to “assessing the economic and military losses and costs of its goal of extending full control over Gaza, all of this in light of the increasing pressure of international public opinion.”
The Hamas movement announced yesterday evening, Tuesday, that Al-Arouri was assassinated in an Israeli drone attack that targeted a building housing the movement’s office in Beirut, and said that two leaders of its military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, were also martyred in the attack.