(Original title: Why did the Israeli army consider fighting Hamas in Turkey?)

Israeli media, citing sources on September 11, that the 9th Israeli military attack in Doha, the capital of Qatar, was an alternative.The Israeli Army originally planned to conduct a high-level attack on the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in TurkeyBut because Turkey is a NATO member, the move could escalate the situation and cost Israel even more.The Israeli government is confident that the United States can handle the good after-work on Qatar.The Israeli army operates in Doha.

In addition, the source said Egypt had told the United States that Egypt was willing to provide asylum to Hamas¡¯s highest levels and that any attempt at such an attack in Egypt would have devastating consequences.

Why the Qatar?

What role does Qatar play in the Middle East?

Israel launched an airstrike against Qatar in June to retaliate against Iran¡¯s nuclear facilities, and Iran launched a missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar.

What¡¯s special about Qatar, why have both hostile Iran and Israel chosen Qatar as their target, and what role does Qatar play in the current Middle East situation?

Intermediate identity failed to help Qatar its own security

Assistant researcher of the China Institute for International Affairs:Qatar is a typical ¡°small country diplomacy¡± country in the Middle East, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East and home to the Udead air base in the Middle East.

Assistant researcher of the China Institute for International Affairs:In recent yearsQatar has played a very important role in a series of hotspots in the Middle East.Qatar has positioned its geopolitical position in such a way as to actively engage in diplomatic mediation.To shape themselves as a neutral state, thus ensuring their own national security.Because in Qatar's vision, neither of the parties to the conflict should take a direct military strike on the mediating state. but this Israeli military strike on Qatar broke the underlying rules that such a party would have defaulted.

Attack in Qatar's capital Doha

Assistant researcher of the China Institute for International Affairs:Qatar and Hamas have always had close ties, and the reason why the Khartoum has dared to let Hamas leaders operate in Qatar, in fact, in addition to the aforementioned reliance on its own mediator status, is also important, becauseQatar considers itself an ally of the United States.And under the full security obligations of the United States, that third country does not dare to take harsh military action against itself.

Assistant researcher of the China Institute for International Affairs:But what we see is that in this Israeli operation against Qatar, the U.S. eventually ¡°lighted the green light¡± for its action against Israel.The U.S. Middle East alliance system is hierarchical.The Gulf Arab states are just ¡°second-class citizens¡± in the allied system, and the security interests and security concerns of the Arab countries can be sacrificed.

U.S. relations with Central ASEAN allies face greater confidence deficit

Scholars say U.S. and Middle Eastern allies face greater trust deficit after Qatar attacks

Assistant researcher of the China Institute for International Affairs:So this has caused a serious impact not only on the relationship between Qatar and the United States, but in fact also on the relationship between Qatar and the United States.Relations between the United States and various Arab allies have created a trust deficit.While earlier this year in June, Iran¡¯s military counterattack on the United States, also chose Qatar, was due to the presence of a US military base, soThe U.S. military base has not only failed to help Qatar prevent external threats, but instead made it a preferred target for third-party strikes.When the threat really arose, the U.S. defense system deployed in Qatar did not provide any protection for Qatar¡¯s national security.

Assistant researcher of the China Institute for International Affairs:Following the incident, Qatar and other Arab countries in the region will rethink defense cooperation between themselves and the United States and further strengthen regional strategic autonomy in the field of political security.