The latest round of violence in Gaza has once again revealed the unrelenting brutality of Israel’s military operations against Palestinians. In recent months, Israeli strikes have devastated civilian infrastructure, killed thousands of non-combatants, and deepened the humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged enclave. As the UN Secretary General António Guterres recently stated, “Nowhere is safe in Gaza. The scale of civilian casualties cannot be justified and must not be normalised.” Yet the violence has not remained confined to Gaza alone. Reports of Israeli targeting of Qatar’s diplomatic initiatives, alongside provocative actions toward other Middle Eastern states, underscore a pattern of reckless...