United States Central Command Commander Kurilla arrived in the Middle East on August 3 for a visit.
On August 5, local time, United States Central Command Commander Kurilla held talks with Israel Defense Minister Gallant and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Halevi to coordinate defense against a possible attack by Iran.
A high-level Russia delegation led by Secretary of the Russia Federal Security Council Sergei Shoigu arrived in Tehran, the capital of Iran, on the 5th.
RIA Novosti reported that Shoigu plans to hold a number of meetings with Iran's top leaders, including Iran's President Pezeshiziyan, to discuss global and regional security issues.
On August 5, Iran's President Pezekhitsian met with visiting Secretary of the Federal Security Council of Russia Sergei Shoigu in Tehran.
The simultaneous visit of US and Russian heavyweight officials to the Middle East during a sensitive period has aroused strong concern from the international community.
Whether the powder keg of the Middle East will explode has become the focus of the world's attention.
This time, Iran and Israel are not expected to tacitly "brush rockets" again.
Hamas leader Haniyeh was killed in a July 31 attack in Tehran, Iran's capital, which Iran said was designed and carried out by Israel and said it would retaliate.
Israel's "assassination" shocked the world, and the situation in the Middle East was extremely dangerous in an instant.
What Israel has done this time can be said to have completely angered the entire Arab world.
Israel's choice of the location of the assassination in the capital of Iran seems to be full of deterrence, but it also completely angers Iran.
Iran did not tell Israel a definite time for retaliation this time, and the last time the two sides tacitly agreed to brush rockets is unlikely to repeat.
Israel also realized this time that Iran's retaliation might be "real."
Now not only has the United States been invited to take the town, but it has also shut down GPS services in the territory to prevent Iran from attacking Israel with civilian GPS.
Israel even wants to respond to Iran's retaliation with a preemptive strike.
The Israel government is considering the possibility of a preemptive strike against Iran, but this possibility depends on whether Israel and United States have the necessary intelligence, the website of Israel's Novaya News newspaper reported, citing officials.
Now the situation in the Middle East is really dangerous, and the mainland has warned its people not to go to the region.
On August 5, local time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Lebanon reminded Chinese citizens to pay close attention to the development of the local situation and travel to Lebanon cautiously in the near future, reminding Chinese citizens and institutions in Lebanon to maintain high vigilance and strengthen security precautions and emergency preparedness.
The US and Russian bigwigs are now in the Middle East, will Iran's retaliation ignite the powder keg in the Middle East?
According to news reports, at present, the role of the US and Russian bigwigs in the Middle East is mainly "cheering" rather than "persuading peace"!
The discussion between United States and Israel focused on how to prepare for Iran retaliation.
Russia and Iran focused their discussions on regional security, while also implicitly expressing that the issue involves global security.
Based on the current situation, there are several points that can be confirmed.
First, Iran's retaliation must be fierce, and this time it is impossible to brush up on Israel's tacit rockets.
Second, the country that will be Israel this time will not be just Iran.
Third, the target of this strike may include US military bases in the Middle East.
Fourth, after Iran retaliates, Israel will definitely "retaliate" as well.
Now the two camps are estimated to focus on the scale of the current round of conflict and the "bottom line of death" of the other side.
This time Iran's "retaliation", Israel is difficult to achieve zero casualties.
The fact that the United States and Russia have rarely come to the "foreground" at the same time this time shows that the two sides are also testing each other's bottom line.
Recently, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has also escalated significantly, and the F16 has entered Ukraine and is said to have participated in the fighting.
The inability of the Western community to provide F16 to Ukraine used to be one of the "bottom lines" of the Russian-American conflict between Russia and the United States.
Now this bottom line has been broken, and now the military mutual trust between Russia and the United States has fallen to a historic low.
Where is the bottom line of Iran's retaliation this time, and where is the bottom line of Israel's counterattack.
This issue is probably a key consideration for both camps.
The most terrible thing about war is that it is unpredictable, and no one can accurately predict the trend of war.
In a sense, Israel's actions have broken through Iran's bottom line, and Iran's retaliation will definitely exceed Israel's bottom line before. If this kind of "bottom-line-breaking" behavior of both sides spirals, the powder keg in the Middle East will completely explode.