But Europe's support for Ukraine, grand plans to fight climate change and efforts to build a joint strategic position in the face of crises like the Gaza war could be endangered.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/dutch-farright-win-spells-trouble-brussels.1069176

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna urged all parties including Israel to ‘deescalate’ on the volatile Israel-Lebanon border where tensions have risen amid the Gaza war.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/17/israel-hamas-war-latest-news2/

Israel did have relations with the African countries of Niger and Mauritania, but they were severed during the Second Intifada of 2002 and the Gaza war of 2008 respectively.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/africa/israel-and-us-working-to-normalize-ties-with-4-more-muslim-countries-to-expand-abraham-accords/2023/03/08/

Reflecting concerns the Gaza war may spread, the Wall Street Journal reported that Israel had agreed to delay invading Gaza until U.S. air defence systems can be placed in the region, as early as this week, to protect American forces.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/israel-mounts-new-sortie-into-gaza-hints-there-may-be-several-invasions/

Since the outbreak of the Gaza war, pro-Iranian militias in Iraq have increasingly attacked US military bases in Syria and Iraq in response to the Israeli military operation.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/us-embassy-in-baghdad-confirms-missile-attack/

Tensions at the volatile Jerusalem holy site have triggered violence in the past, including a bloody Gaza war in 2021.

Source: https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/national/23279797.jerusalem-west-bank-edge-outbreak-violence/?ref=rss

The Gaza Health Ministry said 2670 Palestinians and 9600 wounded since the fighting erupted, more than in the 2014 Gaza war, which lasted over six weeks.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/kids-are-traumatised-gaza-hospitals-overwhelmed-with-patients-20231016-p5ech1.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

The Gaza war is not being fought by the American military, unlike Vietnam, where more than 58,000 Americans died and young men faced a military draft.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/us/gaza-vietnam-student-protest.html

The killings sparked a series of events which to the August 2014 Gaza war.

Source: https://www.investigativeproject.org/9315/israel-targeted-counter-terror-raids-contrasted

The president will have to manage the economic crisis and at the same time, impede any collateral impact of the Gaza war.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202312090104.html

Those killed included patients, said Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the ministry which has reported a death toll of more than 13,000 as the Gaza war rages on into its seventh week.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/28-gaza-babies-evacuated-egypt-hamas-reports-deadly-hospital-strike.1068540

Why is Hezbollah reluctant to fully engage in the Gaza war?

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/elections/chhattisgarh-assembly/women-will-get-15000-annual-assistance-if-congress-retains-power-in-chhattisgarh-cm-baghel/article67527022.ece