The Impact of Iran’s Support for Hezbollah on the Israel-Gaza Conflict
Overview
The Middle East region is characterized by its ever growing conflicts and rapidly shifting power dynamics that have a profound impact on the geopolitical landscape of the region as many parties play major roles in the development of power shifting and paving the way for an upcoming geopolitical struggle for dominance.
One of the most predominant actors in the region that plays a key role in the development of power dynamics in the region is Iran.This is mainly attributed to its impactful contribution to the power play among actors such as Hezbollah and Hamas resistance groups.
In Middle Eastern geopolitics the relationship between Iran,Hezbollah and Gaza resistance groups Hamas is rooted in shared ideology. This alliance has burgeoned into a formidable partnership and plays a key role in the shifting of power dynamics in the region particularly in the Israeli-Gaza conflict.
Iran : a pivotal player in the development of the power dynamics in the Middle East
The alliances in the Middle East are held by common ideology and mutual interest hence the tie of Iran with its neighbors such as Hezbollah and the resistance group of Hamas. One of the main motives behind Iran’s support for resistance groups is to expand its geopolitical dominance as well as using its allies as proxies to maximize its dominance.
Iran’s strategy of aligning with military resistance groups Hezbollah and Hamas is aimed at limiting the US and Israeli influence in the region as well as promoting its ideology and expanding its influence.
In 1985 Hezbollah officially aligned itself with the Iranian regime and its leader consequently Hezbollah has been functioning as Iran’s proxy since its inception and it is estimated that Iran provides Hezbollah with considerable financial support every year.This situation led to Hezbollah changing its combat strategy from gorilla tactics to conventional warfare.
Despite the ideological differences between Iran and the resistance group of Hamas,in the early 1990s and after the first Palestinian Intifada in 1987 as Hamas is a predominantly Sunni group while Iran is characterized by a Shiite regime, both parties shared and forged strong bonds fueled by their belief in Palestine's liberation and opposition to Israel.
Iran’s support of Hamas involves financial aid,military training and monitoring, as well as providing them with a wide collection of military equipment making Hamas more capable of creating a solid resistance against Israel as well as developing more advanced war strategies.Therefore Iran’s support for Hamas has a profound impact on the Gaza-Israel conflict and plays a major role in the shifting of power dynamics in the region.
Bottomline
Iran’s support for Hamas and Hezbollah has definitely had a huge impact on the changing of power dynamics in the Middle East region, as Iran is providing resistance groups of Hezbollah and Hamas with strategic advantages boosting their fighting capabilities.
Commentaires
Enregistrer un commentaire