IS A SECOND WAR ON THE REGION?

Israel and the Lebanese movement, Hezbollah, are engaged in a war characterized by air strikes on the one hand and rocket and missile fire on the other. But on Tuesday, an attack took place in Lebanon, which caused nine deaths and some 2,800 injuries. This means that a new war could break out in the region.

The attack was caused by the simultaneous explosion of Hezbollah's "lagers," also known as pagers. "Lagers" are small devices that communicate encrypted personal messages outside of communication networks, so that they cannot be intercepted.

But for their batteries to explode, which would become "bombs," they must be physically manipulated. It is clear that in Lebanon, neither the Mossad nor any other intelligence service can manipulate so many small devices.

So, there is the possibility of carrying out this manipulation remotely, through radio frequency. Israel has enough technology for this. Remember the “Pegasus” case, which infiltrated the personal mobile phones of many foreign personalities.

In any case, there will be no technological proof that Israel manipulated the “lagers”, so we have to stick with the accusations of Hezbollah and the Lebanese government, which blame Israel for the attack.

What is clear is that the situation in the Middle East region continues to worsen and the war in Gaza could be joined by a similar conflict that would affect Lebanon, a country currently peaceful in its foreign policy. Lebanon is supported by Western countries, France and the United States in the lead, and a second war would complicate all the attempts at peace that have been made to end the bloody conflict in Gaza.

In this context, the UN General Assembly will vote on a new resolution, this time presented by the Palestinians, to demand that Israel end its occupation of Palestinian lands. And even if it is voted for by the US, we already know that Israel will not pay the slightest attention to what the United Nations says and demands.

Qatar has indicated, for its part, that it is still convinced that an agreement can be reached in the negotiations that are taking place in Doha and Cairo, based on the peace plan presented by President Joe Biden. Hopes are high, but the reality, for now, is frankly pessimistic.