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Did whacking al-Ata prevent two-front war?
[Jpost] ’On both the northern and southern fronts, the situation is tense and fragile and could deteriorate into a confrontation," IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi said in late October. Israel was facing a complex set of threats among Iranian proxies and allies and was increasing its pace of preparations.We now know that one of those preparations was to strike Bahaa Abu al-Ata, who was planning terrorist attacks and had been deeply involved in Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... ’s escalation against Israel over the past year. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-11-19 |
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