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Ahnaf Kalam

Houthi rebels in Yemen.

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Over the past year, Israel has methodically — and at times spectacularly — hammered Iran and its regional allies, cutting off tentacles of the proverbial “octopus of terror,” as former prime minister Naftali Bennett awkwardly put it.

Hamas’s military is a shadow of the force that poured across Israel’s border from Gaza on October 7 of last year. Hezbollah threw in the towel in Lebanon and agreed to a ceasefire after losing its leadership and much of its arsenal, jettisoning its pledge to keep firing at Israel until it pulls out of Gaza.

The Assad regime in Syria, a key hub in Iran’s network, crumpled in days after rebels swept southward out of their stronghold, encouraged by Israel’s successes against Tehran and its proxies.

And on Monday, Shiite militias in Iraq reportedly decided to stop attacking Israel.

Read the full article at the Times of Israel.

Lazar Berman is the diplomatic correspondent at the Times of Israel, where he also covers Christian Affairs. He holds an M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University and taught at Salahuddin University in Iraqi Kurdistan. Berman is a reserve captain in the IDF’s Commando Brigade and served in a Bedouin unit during his active service.
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