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that they see there. does this indicate anything about an escalation? so it does, but it's a covert escalation. israel would prefer to carry out a large, regionwide covert escalation against hamas wherever they might be, and in that way it would mirror what they're doing in syria, where it's been a long—running war by their air force against the iranians and their militias in that country without escalating to regionwide war. that's what they would prefer. and this is the first sign of them carrying out an operation like that. now, as you noted, hamas isn'tjust in lebanon and syria and iran. it's also in pro—western countries, including places where they're not tolerated, likejordan, and places they are tolerated, like turkey and in qatar. and what we don't know right now is whether or not israel is going to take the risk of carrying out targeted assassinations in those pro—western countries, the way we saw them carry out an attack or an assassination on a hamas commander in dubai back in 2010.

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