#IsraelIranConflict

🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israel–Iran Conflict: Explained

The Israel–Iran conflict is one of the Middle East’s most complex and long-standing geopolitical tensions, shaped by decades of ideological opposition, regional power struggles, and indirect warfare.

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🔍 Core Issues

1. Ideological Divide

• Iran’s Islamic Republic does not recognize Israel as a legitimate state.

• Israel views Iran’s regime as a major existential threat, especially due to Iran’s anti-Zionist stance.

2. Nuclear Program

• Iran’s nuclear ambitions are a top concern for Israel, which sees the potential of a nuclear-armed Iran as unacceptable.

• Israel has repeatedly hinted at, and sometimes carried out, covert operations (e.g., cyberattacks, sabotage, assassinations) to slow down Iran’s nuclear development.

3. Proxy Warfare

• Iran funds and arms groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, and various militias in Syria and Iraq.

• Israel regularly conducts airstrikes in Syria to target Iranian military infrastructure and weapons transfers to Hezbollah.