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Israel has started a ground operation, albeit limited, in the north of Gaza.
This was a red line for pro-Iran resistance groups, and the results are starting to come.
Pro-Iran Hezbollah in Lebanon began hitting Israeli troops on the border, pro-Iran Houthis in Yemen started launching missiles, and pro-Iran resistance groups in Iraq and Syria started hitting US bases from the air.
In fact, Yemen, under the rule of the Houthis, became the first Arab country to declare war on Israel since the Yom Kippur war in 1973.
Sheikh Ekrem Al Kaabi, Secretary General of the pro-Iran Al Najaba Movement in Iraq:
“Iraqi Islamic resistance decided to liberate Iraq militarily, this issue has been resolved, thank God for the mujahideen. He declared war against the USA, saying, “There will be no stopping, no ceasefire, no withdrawal.”
The speech of Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, which is Israel’s biggest nightmare after the heavy slap it received in 2006, will be made at 3 o’clock on Friday, is eagerly awaited.
The first bits of information are that Hezbollah will officially enter the war.
See what Mideast Spectator says:
“Anyone who has been following the war since October 7 knows that all parties are anxiously awaiting the next move of the resistance axis groups, especially Hezbollah.
Hezbollah, which pushed Israel out of Lebanon in the 1980s and defended the South against another invasion attempt in 2006, is a much stronger and more capable enemy for the Israeli army than Hamas or Islamic Jihad.
Since the beginning of the war, unofficial statements and media reports have been circulating claiming that Israel’s ground intervention in Gaza would be considered Hezbollah’s red line.
Although these statements are not official, many of you wondered when Hezbollah would actually step in.
Hezbollah has been attacking IDF positions on the Lebanese border every day without exception since October 8. Nearly 50 martyrs have been announced, and we are curious about the number of Israeli casualties (IDF announced that 11 of its soldiers died only yesterday). In addition to the deaths, many Israeli army vehicles and tanks were also destroyed.
But there are hints that something else is brewing.
Something bigger.
It’s unprecedented.
Every day for the past 24 days, Hezbollah has consistently and successfully targeted Israeli surveillance and surveillance equipment along the Lebanese border.
Dozens of radar stations, night vision cameras, infrared sensors, long-range communication towers, telescopes and antennas have been destroyed by the Lebanese group in the past few weeks.
By disabling most of the IDF’s observation network, these operations effectively blinded the Israelis in the north, especially in Metula and surrounding settlements.
We may begin to wonder why Hezbollah places such emphasis on this modus operandi, rather than simply killing soldiers or destroying tanks.
Now that the IDF has dedicated the majority of its forces to urban combat operations in Gaza, a unique opportunity arises in the north.
A project that can shape the future of the region. Hezbollah knows this and has been waiting for this moment for 17 years.
The North is now a complete blind spot and, based on current information, it is very likely that the real event is yet to come.
The only thing we can do is wait for Nasrallah’s speech on Friday (at 15.00), but there may be some surprises waiting for us. “All the signs are there.”
Yes, a big event is coming, its name is a regional war.
So what does the one-man regime in Turkey do?
Apart from rallies and demonstrations, that is!
The radar base in Kürecik, Malatya, which is responsible for monitoring Iran for Israel’s defense, is fully operational.
Just yesterday, two US B-1B bombers from Germany landed in Incirlik.
These giant planes are used for massive bombing raids.
The reason for the planes’ arrival was announced as refueling.
The real reason is the war against Lebanon and Syria.
And for now…
Then maybe Iran is the target, we will get there soon.
As you know, the USA has a huge naval fleet stationed in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The one-man regime in Turkey continues its membership in NATO, amid slogans of Mehmetçik (epithet of Turksh soldier) to Gaza.
This could be the only reason for not making peace with Assad in Syria.
Especially in a period like this, when a major war is approaching again on our borders.
But the real danger lies in a possible war with Iran.
How? Let me explain.
In his statement on October 28, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Spokesperson Ramazan Sharif warned that the war started by Israel in Gaza could include US forces and said,
“All US bases and flights in the region are under observation and control. The military support operations provided by the US to the Zionists “We are watching and following,” he said.
This was perceived as a veiled threat.
Although later, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, called for economic sanctions instead of war and asked all Muslim countries to sanction the Tel Aviv regime and stop oil and goods exports to the occupied regions.
Iran softens initial harsh statements.
He says that he will not go to war for other nations.
However, things are very complicated in the field and it is not clear what will happen.
For example, the spokesman for the pro-Iran Ansarallah movement in Yemen claimed that United Arab Emirates warplanes carried out attacks on Gaza.
China and Russia support Palestine and declare that they will stand by Syria and Iran.
Russia certainly has a score to settle with Israel, which supported Kiev in the war in Ukraine.
China, on the other hand, is happy that the war has moved to West Asia instead of Taiwan and the South China Sea.
It has already started the negotiation process with the USA, which is in a difficult situation and cannot wage a war on three fronts.
But he is making statements assuring that he will support Iran and that its territorial integrity will not be damaged. These are different from previous middle-of-the-road diplomatic discourses.
The danger lies here: What will be the consequences, even if there is a small possibility, if a war breaks out and the US and NATO start using bases in Turkey and Iran is also targeted?
Suppose Iran hit Incirlik.
Russia and China also stepped into the field against the USA or provided the necessary weapons to pro-Iran supporters.
US pressure on Türkiye increased and the opportunity was seized to break Montreux agreement which protects Blacksea from NATO invasion.
Moreover, the Caucasus is already tense; Azerbaijan-Israel relations are known, Iran also supports Armenia.
What happens if Turkey and Iran eventually come face to face and Turkey is assigned the role of Iraq in 1980 and Erdoğan is assigned the role of Saddam in 1980?
The consequences of this would be catastrophic.
Nearly 2 million people died in the Iran-Iraq war in 8 years, the borders did not change, but Iraq was completely doomed to the USA.
As a result, the weak Iraqi carrion crow became a victim of US imperialism and breakaway puppet state Kurdistan was established.
Shouldn’t we look at history and learn from it?
However, the 1998 Adana Agreement and the 2017 Astana Process were always carried out in cooperation between Iran and Turkey against terrorism, and very important results were obtained.
The most important thing for Turkey to do is to prevent the use of imperialist bases on its territory against its neighbors and regional countries and to make immediate peace with Damascus.
This is the only way to support Palestine.
Unless he does this, what happens will be nothing but empty words.
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