Over the years, Palestinians have come to predict and expect escalations of violence in the overcrowded, besieged Gaza strip at eerily regular intervals.
"I don't think anyone in their wildest imagination would have expected an escalation like what we have seen". Late on Sunday, the Lebanese interior minister, Hassan al-Sabaa, offered to resign over the way the episode was handled.
Mansour of the Committee to Protect Journalists called the Gaza Strip a "deadly environment for journalists," adding that the CPJ "expected an escalation of violence and the death of journalists from the beginning".
"I expect an escalation against us," he said today in a television interview, "especially if we're talking about such a new government".
"We can expect an escalation of the conflict on a tactical level, a seizure of certain points in certain areas, a village here, a crossroads there," he said.
In closing, it is suggested that until the Canadian government is prepared to take a proactive stance in mitigating land use conflicts through an effective and equitable consultative framework one should expect an escalation of litigation and continued Aboriginal discord.
The worry is that if more public funding is not forthcoming to accommodate this increased wage bill we can expect an escalation in law-breaking by employers dodging their pay responsibilities, and an intensification of service rationing for the vulnerable.
British and other Nato troops have faced an increase in the number of Taliban and insurgent attacks in recent weeks and expect an escalation in the run-up to elections.
Ipsos MORI's research also found people expect an escalation of Britain's involvement in the war in Syria, with 58 per cent ranking it likely that ground troops will be deployed at some point in 2016.
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"Ukraine is expecting an escalation and taking all necessary measures to be able to respond," Mr Mekhed told reporters.
