Iran Hammers Israel; Netanyahu Gets Trapped At Gaza’s Aid Gate

About this episode

The episode discusses the escalation of conflict between Iran and Israel and its impact on Gaza's humanitarian situation.

Right, so Iran fired missiles at Israel after Israel struck Beirut, and COGAT, the Israeli Defence Ministry body that controls civilian coordination and access for Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory, said crossings into Gaza would be closed until further notice as a result, including Kerem Shalom and Rafah. So Netanyahu's government took a hit from Iran, and then, right on cue, took it out on Gaza, as Gaza's humanitarian lifeline gets squeezed at the crossing. For all the language around security measures, escalation management, ceasefire pressure and humanitarian reassurance aid still has to pass, in the end, through one very simple object, that being a closed gate. Netanyahu now carries the question of whether his response contained the crisis or dragged another live wire into it, and he comes out of it looking less like a man controlling escalation and more like a man reaching, again, for the one lever he can still pull whenever the bigger war starts getting away from him. COGAT sits under Israel's Defence Ministry and helps control how Gaza is managed from the outside, the crossings, the permits, the coordination, the practical routes through which people, goods and…

People in this episode

Host: Damien Willey

Topics covered

• Iran-Israel conflict
• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• Middle East politics
• military escalation
• Israeli government response

Keywords

• Iran
• Israel
• Gaza
• Netanyahu
• COGAT
• humanitarian aid
• military conflict
• crossings
• Beirut

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iran, Israel, COGAT

Places: Gaza, Beirut, Kerem Shalom, Rafah

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