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The Iran–Israel proxy conflict, also known as the Iran–Israel proxy war [43] or Iran–Israel Cold War, [44] is an ongoing proxy conflict between Iran and Israel. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran has backed Palestinian groups such ...
- 16 February 1985 – ongoing, (38 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Apr 14, 2024 · Here is a recent history of the conflict: August 2019: An Israeli airstrike killed two Iranian-trained militants in Syria, a drone set off a blast near a Hezbollah office in Lebanon and an ...
Apr 22, 2024 · Israel-Iran conflict: Its origins explained, and what could happen next. Tensions between Israel and Iran reached new heights in mid-April. The two arch-enemies exchanged blows, pushing the already volatile region closer to a broader conflict. The killing of a senior Iranian officer in Damascus on 1 April led to a massive Iranian airborne ...
- Ran Porat
Apr 19, 2024 · Here is a recent history of the conflict: August 2019: An Israeli airstrike killed two Iranian-trained militants in Syria, a drone set off a blast near a Hezbollah office in Lebanon and an ...
- History of Relations
- The First Decade
- The Second Decade
- The Third Decade
- The Fourth Decade
- The Next Decade
Iran’s relationship with Israel wasn’t always so fraught. After Israel gained independence in 1948, the two nations developed ties for strategic and economic reasons. In the 1950s, as part of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion’s “periphery doctrine,” Israel began to cultivate relationships with non-Arab states and ethnic minorities. The 22 Arab countr...
Tensions deepened after Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 for two reasons. Operation Peace for Galilee sought to force the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Iran’s ally, out of Lebanon. It also impacted the Shiite community that lived in southern Lebanon and had a centuries-long connection to Iran. Tehran dispatched some 1,500 IRGC advisersto Leban...
With Iranian aid and funding, Hezbollah increased its presence in Lebanon by moving beyond its covert military role to become a political party. In 1992, it emerged from the underground to run in the first parliamentary elections since the civil war. It won eight out of 128 seats. The presence of an Iranian ally in the government of a country on th...
Despite Israel’s withdrawal, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described Israel in 2000 as a “cancerous tumor” that “must be uprooted from the region.” Over the next five years, with Iran’s aid, Hezbollah built up its military arsenal, embedded in villages near the Israeli border and dug tunnels across southern Lebanon to facilitate the undergr...
In 2011, Khamenei outlinedIran’s solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. “We do not suggest launching a classic war by the armies of Muslim countries, or throwing immigrant Jews into the sea, or mediation by the U.N. and other international organizations,” he said. “We propose holding a referendum with the Palestinian nation. The Palestinian nation,...
For four decades, Iran avoided a full-blown war with Israel over the Palestinians, but it repeatedly warned of serious consequences if Israel attacked the Islamic Republic. “We will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa,” Khamenei said in 2013. Iran’s ability to deploy and build proxies hundreds of miles from its border led to rhetorical bravado. “Any action to ...
In 2024, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict escalated to a brief period of direct confrontation between the two countries. On 1 April, Israel bombed an Iranian consulate complex in Damascus, Syria, killing multiple senior Iranian officials. [33] In response, Iran and its proxies seized the Israeli-linked ship MSC Aries and launched strikes inside ...
Apr 19, 2024 · A timeline of Iran and Israel’s open warfare, after decades of shadow war. Israel reportedly launched a strike on Iranian soil on Friday, sources said, in the latest of the tit-for-tat exchanges ...
