Analysis by an Israeli expert on Iran's affairs

From a commentary article in the conservative Iranian newspaper "The Mashhari":

* Many in the public expect Iran to intervene militarily in view of the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza ("missile for missile"). There are various types of Iranian intervention in regional conflicts in the past. Thus, for example, the leader of Iran opposed the voices that called to intervene on the side of Iraq against the USA in the first Gulf War. On the other hand, in 1992, Iran intervened militarily in the civil war in Bosnia and sent military advisers there, because there was no military movement active there, it could defend itself in the face of the killing of Muslims .

* Similarly, Iran also intervened in the campaign against ISIS in Syria, among other things due to its great geo-strategic importance for Iran and being a strategic link between Iran and the Mediterranean Sea. * In contrast, the story of Lebanon and Palestine and the historical struggle against the "Zionist regime" are a different matter Local "resistance forces" operating in the spirit of the Islamic revolution operate in these arenas. The material and moral support for these movements is considered part of Iran's policy to strengthen the "resistance front" in the region. Iran's efforts are invested in spreading the discourse of struggle among the youth of the resistance in Gaza, the West Bank, and southern Lebanon, and in weakening the "Zionist regime ".

* Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in Palestine, the Hezbollah brigades in Iraq and Hezbollah in Lebanon are the ones who should act first, and Iran - as a supporter that does not take its eyes off the scene - should watch from the sidelines.

* So far even Hezbollah has not seriously entered the battlefield, and this is in accordance with the official position of the Hamas spokesman, who said that Hamas is in regular contact with Hezbollah and there is still no need for it to enter the campaign.