Michael Scollon
Iran has spent decades assembling its “axis of resistance,” a loose network of armed proxies and allies against Israel.
But on October 7, Hamas — the U.S.- and EU-designated Palestinian terrorist group that is a key member of Iran’s axis — launched a deadly cross-border assault on Israel, killing nearly 1,200 Israelis and taking a further 251 hostages.
One year on, how much has Israel weakened key members of the axis and how near is all-out war with Iran?
‘Hezbollah Reduced To Almost Nothing’
Ali Alfoneh, senior fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, said that by taking on Iranian proxies Israel has undermined a major component of Tehran’s national-security doctrine.
“Iran has seen Lebanese Hezbollah reduced to almost nothing,” he said, adding it has greatly limited “what Hezbollah can do for Iran in the short term.”
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