More than 25,000 Palestinians are now dead in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel’s massive military offensive following its invasion and massacre Hamas on October 7. At the same time that Gauze now looks like a “place of skulls”, regional tensions appear to be taking on increasingly dangerous proportions, with the US and Britain now actively involved on the one hand, and Iran, which supports the Houthis and Hezbollah, on the other.

After each blow, the situation moves closer and closer to a generalized conflict, a fact that is pointed out with alarm by all reasonable voices and analysts.

THE UN Secretary General Antonio Guterressent yet another -multiple- message to Israel, to stop the military operation and accept the two-state solution, in order to settle the Middle East issue and in the long run to calm the reactions and incidents on both sides.

Guterres is clearly asking his government Tel Aviv to accept the only sustainable solution in the region, emphasizing that “everyone must accept the right of the Palestinians to have their own state”.

On the same wavelength and the United States, which supports Israel with war material and in limiting the militancy of Hamas, yet appears to be diametrically opposed to its plans Benjamin Netanyahu not to allow a new Palestinian administration after the end of the war. The US is clearly in favor of two states in the region, something the current Israeli government does not seem to be discussing, whatever that might mean. In Joe Biden’s recent phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu, the US president reiterated Washington’s positions, which, once again, were rejected by Netanyahu. For the same purpose, the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, has traveled to Israel at least three times in recent times, without however achieving any positive result.

Iran’s request is similar, even though it is on… the other side of the river. Tehran has said that to end tension in the Middle East region, Israel should withdraw its army from Gaza and accept the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Secret report: Hamas losses at only 20% to 30%

Israel launched its offensive after the October 7 attack in which Hamas militants killed 1,300 people in southern Israel and took more than 240 hostages.

The air and ground operation – which Israel says is aimed at destroying Hamas – is currently focused on southern Gaza, where they are convinced top Hamas commanders are holed up in or under the town of Khan Younis.

There the Israeli military said it had discovered another tunnel, about 830 meters long, containing traps and doors rigged with explosives.

Israeli troops also faced fresh attacks in the northern Gaza Strip, where Hamas was said to have seized an opening around the town of Jabalia as Israel moved troops and tanks south.

More than three months since the conflict erupted, the Israel – whose army far exceeds Hamas’ capabilities – still faces significant resistance across Gaza.

According to the BBC, US intelligence agencies estimate that the Israeli military has killed 20-30% of Hamas fighters, falling short of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stated goal of “complete destruction” of the militant group.

The classified report is also said to have found that Hamas still has enough ammunition to continue hitting Israel and Israeli forces for months.

THE UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps earlier told the BBC that Mr Netanyahu’s attitude was “disappointing”. The White House said the US and Israel “clearly see things differently”.

Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, went further, calling the refusal to accept a Palestinian state “totally unacceptable.” He added that it would “prolong indefinitely a conflict that has become a major threat to global peace and security.”

The margins for Israel and Netanyahu are narrowing

Everything shows that time is not Israel’s ally, while the war conflict seems to take on more and more personal characteristics and concern the political survival of Benjamin Netanyahu.

However, the danger of a generalized conflagration certainly exceeds the needs of one man or one group, a fact that will soon become clear as the countdown clock ticks down, narrowing the margins for Israel ever more.

The tension in the Red Sea and the deregulation of the orderly operation in the field of product transport are also an important parameter and possibly of pivotal importance for the developments. The risk of a new economic crisis, combined with the events in Ukraine, now makes the Gaza war a war with a short end date,