Israel’s posture is stretched across multiple fronts with little give — as a tense pause gives way to imminent confrontation. Gaza’s ceasefire is fraying under Hamas’s refusal to disarm, the northern front is heating up by Israeli design, and high-stakes U.S.–Iran diplomacy teeters between deal and war. Israeli leadership is navigating this tactical pause as exactly that: a short breather before the next storm, not a path to resolution. The coming weeks will likely force decisions that determine whether Israel breaks its enemies’ remaining strength — or faces a multi-front conflagration on adversaries’ terms.
