let's get more from guido steinberg. he's the middle east expert at the german institute for international and security affairs. he joins us from berlin, quito. we've just heard in that report that has the la is ready for a full scale war from your perspective is it was a, i think that his paula is trying to decode is really, is because that has been a deep agent, is really going on since the portfolio and his father started attacking these really north, whether israel shouldn't start the preventive war and the main, the main personality arguing for such a war has always been the defense minister. you are scott, and i believe that his ball i is extremely worried about the recent news that this debate has been started a new intel of ethan jerusalem. it tries to tell the is where it leaves that to his ball lies prepared for this confrontation. but i think that it feels this competition. what's hezbollah trying to achieve with continuous attacks on israel while it's going to show solidarity with, from us in gaza. but at the

here for more i'm now joined by guido steinberg, a political scientist from the german institute for international and security affairs. welcome. so glad to have you on the program. i'm curious about israel's approach to, to, to what, how my status has been an assassination of hon. yeah. do you think this was opportunistic as some have been telling us on the show because israel knew where he would be and at what time, or is there something strategic about the timing for as well? no, i don't think there is anything uh strategic about the the timing israel has made clear since october. that is why you hadn't the other leading figures in the hospital bureau are on its list of targets. but i think the israel simply preferred to target funny why he was not a do a how was usually the way he is usually based simply because to hire so, so important for the negotiations because do hon is, is, are no longer with the united states. so now within the union took wrong, it was simply the golden opportunity for these rarely so to strike at this important personality. and so i golden opportunity. bu