Shahram Khaldi, a researcher in Middle East history and international relations, referring to Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah, said that the group has been the “proxy program’s vanguard of the Islamic Republic” in the region and is now on the verge of collapse.

He added that the attacks on Hezbollah are a message to Tehran, and that Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has emphasized the destruction of the command structure and the leadership chain of forces that carry out actions against Israel.