Since October 7 and with varying levels of intensity, all the elements in the "resistance front" that Iran has armed, financed, trained, and designated for “Judgment Day” have joined the fight against Israel, although it is not certain that this development was planned to unfold exactly as it did.
Since the beginning of the war, Israel has been engaged in an ongoing military conflict in the northern sector, initiated by Hezbollah; the campaign has taken its toll both in terms of casualties and in terms of the evacuation of towns and cities along the border. Subsequently the Houthis joined the conflict, with missile and UAV attacks from Yemen toward Israeli territory, followed by attacks on ships associated with Israeli owners and threats to all ships bound for Israel. American officials accused Tehran of being behind these moves, assisted by the intelligence provided by the Revolutionary Guards espionage ship in the Red Sea and monitoring systems that the Iranians provided to the Houthis, allowing them to operate in the maritime space. In addition to all this activity are the continued attacks by the Iraqi militias against American forces in Iraq and Syria, supported by Iran.
This campaign is accompanied both by attempts to carry out terrorist acts that were thwarted in various countries (Brazil, Cyprus, Germany, Great Britain, and Denmark) but were traced back to Iran and Hezbollah, and by strong cyberattacks against institutions in Israel, as well as cognitive attacks on social media. Recent days saw the threat heightened with the launch of a UAV from Iranian territory toward a tanker that is partially connected to an Israeli businessman.
Iran, for its part, is trying to sever the direct connection to it, although it no longer denies the military aid it provides to all its proxies, and emphasizes that the elements of the "resistance front" are acting in accordance with their respective interests and their identification with the Palestinians. So far, and even though the Iranian involvement and leadership is clear to all, and while Israel and Iran's proxies are paying a heavy price for the fighting that has been underway for over two months, Iran itself remains unscathed and the international system has not condemned it. Furthermore, senior regime officials reiterate the many American calls to them to prevent the expansion of the war, and the growing insight in Tehran is that its deterrence is strong. This fact has much significance for the regime's sense of security and the sense of its ability to take defiant moves and even encourage its proxies to continue to attack.
Since October 7 and with varying levels of intensity, all the elements in the "resistance front" that Iran has armed, financed, trained, and designated for “Judgment Day” have joined the fight against Israel, although it is not certain that this development was planned to unfold exactly as it did.
Since the beginning of the war, Israel has been engaged in an ongoing military conflict in the northern sector, initiated by Hezbollah; the campaign has taken its toll both in terms of casualties and in terms of the evacuation of towns and cities along the border. Subsequently the Houthis joined the conflict, with missile and UAV attacks from Yemen toward Israeli territory, followed by attacks on ships associated with Israeli owners and threats to all ships bound for Israel. American officials accused Tehran of being behind these moves, assisted by the intelligence provided by the Revolutionary Guards espionage ship in the Red Sea and monitoring systems that the Iranians provided to the Houthis, allowing them to operate in the maritime space. In addition to all this activity are the continued attacks by the Iraqi militias against American forces in Iraq and Syria, supported by Iran.
This campaign is accompanied both by attempts to carry out terrorist acts that were thwarted in various countries (Brazil, Cyprus, Germany, Great Britain, and Denmark) but were traced back to Iran and Hezbollah, and by strong cyberattacks against institutions in Israel, as well as cognitive attacks on social media. Recent days saw the threat heightened with the launch of a UAV from Iranian territory toward a tanker that is partially connected to an Israeli businessman.
Iran, for its part, is trying to sever the direct connection to it, although it no longer denies the military aid it provides to all its proxies, and emphasizes that the elements of the "resistance front" are acting in accordance with their respective interests and their identification with the Palestinians. So far, and even though the Iranian involvement and leadership is clear to all, and while Israel and Iran's proxies are paying a heavy price for the fighting that has been underway for over two months, Iran itself remains unscathed and the international system has not condemned it. Furthermore, senior regime officials reiterate the many American calls to them to prevent the expansion of the war, and the growing insight in Tehran is that its deterrence is strong. This fact has much significance for the regime's sense of security and the sense of its ability to take defiant moves and even encourage its proxies to continue to attack.