BEIRUT - What are the Israeli occupation entity and its master America seeking by assassinating the high-profile leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran?

They are looking for a facade of victory based on their points of strength: intelligence through their net of agents, satellites, and weapons that can target with high accuracy, as well as heavy weapons capable of causing great destruction.

The outcome of the past 10 months demonstrates the Israeli occupation entity's deterrence has completely fallen, particularly on the northern front with Lebanon. The resistance has been leading the battle, while the entity is unable to control Gaza, let alone open battle on many fronts. The fragmentation witnessed within the entity today is itself self-destructive.

There is a lack of vision in the management of the post-Gaza war in contrast to the Axis of Resistance which has strong objectives. The accumulation of failures is leading to the collapse of the entity and therefore, by extension, regional Western interests. Quite simply, they are caught in a deadlock. 

The past 10 months have seen resistance commanders killed. However, the only new factor today is that the figures targeted in Dahiya and Tehran are really heavyweights. The intent of the attacks on Lebanon and Iran is not to escalate into a wider war.

In fact, America is signaling the desire to end the war through these large moves, in what they hope would constitute a final image of victory. This was made clearer through the Majd Al-Shams attack that the Israeli occupation entity was responsible for, yet it was blamed on the Axis of Resistance. This was the pretext for the subsequent attacks on Lebanon and Iran.

When the Israeli occupation entity took responsibility for the attack on Lebanon, they said that was the only attack and there was no intention for further escalation. Given that the escalation with Iran constitutes a bigger threat, the Israeli occupation entity did not take full responsibility for the attack. 

The current fragmentation within the Israeli occupation entity has reached a stage where it is on the verge of a civil war. There is not a single point of unity within the entity and even with their master America.

It is deemed important for the Israeli occupation entity to achieve something now, such that other pending risks, including the reaction from their attacks on Lebanon and Iran are not as important as the imminent fragmentation within the entity. This is occurring in the backdrop of America struggling to find a post-war solution, since no Arab entity, including Palestinians, has the guts to sit on the rivers of Palestinian blood in Gaza. Both factors lead America to agree to action they would not have otherwise done, out of fear of war expansion, since they consider a collapse of the entity as greater than the risk of an expanded war. 

Moving forward, America will seek to strengthen diplomatic efforts to end the war, considering this superficial victory. It should be noted the Axis of Resistance will not accept reaching a deal on the ruins of this facade of victory and there will be a strong response that will blow this facade of victory out of the water. The resistance movement may hit sensitive strategic important targets and Iran will likely attack in response to the attack on its sovereignty - without leading to further escalation. America is not seeking a wider regional war and will rather push for compromises to be reached through a ceasefire deal.

The intent behind these attacks was to give the settler entity, that is on the verge of a civil war, a boost in morale. The assassination attacks were intended to weaken the morale of the people of the resistance camp, instilling a sense of "unprotection" and "defeat".

However, this facade of victory is simply a coverup to the total failures of the entity in meeting its objectives. The failures may have only slightly been corrected with these high-profile assassinations. However, that does not demonstrate the true components of victory.

Iran may launch the second Operation True Promise, with the U.S. now focused on how to reduce the magnitude of the looming retaliation, sending its warships to the region for interception. America will not allow the Israeli occupation entity to dissolve at the hands of the resistance and in the level of weakness it is currently displaying, since this represents a fragmentation of all Western interests in the region.