Mohsen Tanabandeh, a prominent Iranian actor and director, mourned his nephew

Iran's extensive network of proxy forces and allied militias across the Middle East constitutes a primary method of projecting power and directly threatening Israel. Groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, and various Shiite militias in Syria and Iraq receive substantial financial, military, and logistical support from Tehran. These proxies create a multi-front threat for Israel, allowing Iran to exert pressure and engage in asymmetric warfare without directly deploying its conventional forces, thus maintaining a degree of plausible deniability while advancing its anti-Israeli agenda.