Israel-Hamas war: Leading foreign affairs expert warns of ‘dire’ potential world implications

A leading foreign affairs expert says we’re “right to be nervous” about the Israel-Hamas conflict.

With Israel poised to go into Gaza, international security expert Dr David Wright-Neville said this “really could escalate into a serious conflict”.

“This could escalate then into the West Bank, and that would involve Hezbollah. Now if Hezbollah … get involved then it makes Gaza look like a sideshow. This suddenly becomes very big,” he told Neil Mitchell.

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Dr Wright-Neville says the current risk of escalation to a nuclear war is low, but the potential for a major conventional conflict is “concerning”, and “the knock on effects for the rest of the world are really quite dire”.

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