Iran mobilizes forces in the region in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq And Yemen to respond to the killing of the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyehstruck while he was visiting Tehran in an attack that the Islamic Republic attributes to IsraelThe so-called “axis of resistance”, formed by the Shiite militias in the region to which Tehran provides weapons, money and training, in fact surrounds the Jewish state and is already involved in a conflict with Tel-Aviv after the attack of Hamas of October 7th.
Ayatollah Ali Khamanei has ordered Iran to strike directly at Israel in response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the New York Times reported, citing three Iranian officials familiar with the order.
The Yemeni Houthisbelonging to a branch of Shiism – the Zaidism – different from the one that dominates theKhomeini’s Iranhave already demonstrated that they are capable of striking Israel in its territory with the drone of July 19 against Tel-Aviv which killed one person and injured ten others, while attacks by the Yemeni group supported by theIranover 60, against commercial vessels in the Red Sea and frequent missile launches against the city of Eilat in the south of the Jewish state.
The border between Lebanon And Israel has been the scene of clashes for months now, with a regular exchange of artillery fire between the Israeli army and the Hezbollah supported by theIran starting from October 7th. A situation made even more tense after the raid, claimed by Tel-Avivwho killed at Beirut the important commander of Hezbollah, Fuad Shukra few hours before that too Haniyeh was killed in Tehran.
These two killings “increase the possibility of a response from the axis (of the resistance), adding theIran and other proxy attacks on the menu,” he claims Assaf Orionretired Israeli brigadier and analyst of theInstitute for National Security Studies Of Tel-Aviv. Beyond Yemen And Lebanonthe Shiite military galaxy under the control of Tehran It is also well rooted in Syria and in Iraqwhere Shiite militias have begun to gather under the banner of the Islamic Resistance (Islamic Resistance in Iraq – Iri), name that emerged after the attack of Hamas of October 7. The launching of drones and rockets against Israeli locations, such as Eilat, Haifa And Hashdodby Syrian and Iraqi militias, already increasing in recent months and almost always intercepted by theIron Dome of the Jewish state.
The “revenge” promised by Tehran will use the regional axis even if attacks directly attributable to it cannot be excludedIranafter the mission to theUN from the Islamic Republic he said that the response to the killing of Haniyeh «it will certainly be that of special operations, harder and aimed at instilling deep regret in the person responsible».
In April there had already been the first direct attack from theIran in the history of the Ayatollahs’ regime against Israeli territory, in reaction to the raid attributed to Israel against the embassy of Tehran to Damascuswhere soldiers of the Revolutionary Guards and pro-Iranian militiamen. According to many analysts, that assault would have had the aim of trying to establish a deterrence, an equation that with the killing of Haniyeh to Tehran it seems to have skipped.