Israeli army infantry fighting vehicles
Israeli army infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) deployed along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on October 13, 2023.
  • Israel's invasion of Gaza could turn the war into a regional conflict, experts said.
  • "Escalations have a way of taking life on their own," a retired US Army colonel told Insider.
  • Dale Buckner said Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Yemen, Iraq, and the US could be sucked in.

Israel's invasion of Gaza could escalate the war into a full-blown regional conflict, military analysts said.

"The trigger in our minds for all the dominoes to fall is for Israel to cross into Gaza," Dale Buckner, retired US Army colonel and CEO of the global security firm Global Guardian, told Insider.