The conflict is bound in the political struggle of Iranian leadership against Israel and its declared Expressing_publicly aim to dissolve the Jewish state , with the counter aim Aiming of Israel to prevent Preventing_or_letting nuclear weapons being acquired Getting by the Iranian government and downgrading Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its allies and proxies such as the Lebanese Hezbollah party .

The conflict gradually emerged Coming_to_be from the declared Expressing_publicly hostility of post-revolutionary Islamic Republic of Iran towards Israel since 1979 , into covert Iranian support Supporting of Hezbollah during the South Lebanon conflict ( 1985–2000 ) and essentially developed Coming_to_be into a proxy regional conflict from 2005 .

Israeli government is convinced Coming_to_believe that Iran is interested in creating Creating territorial contiguity from Iran to the Mediterranean and in transferring Military_operation military forces – including naval vessels , fighter planes and thousands of troops – to permanent bases in Syria and is trying to `` Lebanonize '' Syria and take over Military_operation using Using Shi'ite militias , as it had done with Hezbollah in Lebanon .

In a number of incidents over the course of the Syrian Civil War , Israel has clashed Hostile_encounter with Hezbollah and Iranian forces in the region .

On several occasions , Israel was suspected Suspicion of perpetrating or supporting attacks on Hezbollah and Iranian targets within Syrian territories or Lebanon .

The first incident of this kind took place Process_start on 30 January 2013 , when Israeli aircraft were accused Judgment_communication of allegedly striking Attack a Syrian convoy transporting Sending Iranian weapons to Hezbollah .

Israel systematically refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to comment on alleged targeting Aiming of Hezbollah and Ba'athist Syrian targets in Syrian territory .

In 2015 , suspected Suspicion Hezbollah militants launched an attack Attack on Israeli forces in Shebaa farms .

After the incident , the State of Israel has stated Statement it was targeting Aiming weapons shipments headed toward anti-Israeli forces , specifically Hezbollah , located in Lebanon .

According to some sources , the incident was the first time Israeli officials clearly confirmed Check an Israeli strike Attack on a Hezbollah convoy during the Syrian Civil War .

Hezbollah 's 7 October 2014 attack Attack on Israeli forces , its first declared Expressing_publicly such operation since 2006 , proved the seriousness of the threat .

He blamed Judgment_communication the Syrian government and its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon for the bombings .

Al-Qaeda 's North African branch , al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb ( AQIM ) , threatened Warning retribution against the Shia Muslim group , saying Telling in a statement Statement that it knew Know `` with certainty '' that Hezbollah was responsible for the attack .

He has ties to a Sunni organization that enjoys good relations with Lebanon 's powerful Shiite Hezbollah militant group .

Later Western analysis considered them members of the Hezbollah militant group , but Hezbollah rejects Response that conclusion .

Later Western analysis considered them members of the Hezbollah militant group , but Hezbollah rejects Response that conclusion .

Due to unprecedented Iranian military Military_operation support Supporting to Hezbollah before and during the war Military_operation , some consider Coming_to_believe it the first round of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict Hostile_encounter , rather than a continuation Expansion of the Arab–Israeli conflict Hostile_encounter .

The conflict Hostile_encounter was precipitated by the 2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid Military_operation .

On 12 July 2006 , Hezbollah fighters fired Use_firearm rockets at Israeli border towns as a diversion for an anti-tank missile attack Use_firearm on two armored Humvees patrolling Patrolling the Israeli side of the border fence .

Two Israeli soldiers were abducted Kidnapping and taken Conquering by Hezbollah to Lebanon .

Hezbollah demanded Request the release Releasing of Lebanese prisoners held Hold by Israel in exchange Exchange for the release Releasing of the abducted soldiers .

Israel attacked Attack both Hezbollah military targets and Lebanese civilian infrastructure , including Beirut 's Rafic Hariri International Airport .

Hezbollah then launched Military_operation more rockets into northern Israel and engaged Participation the IDF in guerrilla warfare Hostile_encounter from hardened positions .

In the time since the enactment Ratification of UNSCR 1701 both the Lebanese government and UNIFIL have stated Statement that they will not disarm Escaping Hezbollah .

The official justification for the arms shipments was that they were part of an operation to free seven American hostages being held Hold in Lebanon by Hezbollah , a paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected Connect to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .

Despite this Israeli success in eradicating PLO bases and its partial withdrawal in 1985 , the Israeli invasion Attack increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the severity of conflict Hostile_encounter with local Lebanese militias and resulted in Causation the consolidation of several local Shia Muslim movements in Lebanon , including Hezbollah and Amal , from a previously unorganized Destroying guerrilla movement in the south .

By the early 1990s , Hezbollah , with support Supporting from Syria and Iran , emerged Coming_to_be as the leading group and military power , monopolizing guerrilla activity in South Lebanon .

The Lebanese government and Hezbollah still consider Influence the withdrawal Escaping incomplete until Israel withdraws Escaping from Shebaa Farms .

Following the withdrawal Escaping , Hezbollah has monopolized Control its military and civil control Control of the southern part of Lebanon .

On 25 October 2006 , Argentine prosecutors Alberto Nisman and Marcelo Martínez Burgos formally accused Judgment_communication the government of Iran of directing Action the bombing Attack , and the Hezbollah militia of carrying Creating it out .

In 2019 , Argentina officially declared Expressing_publicly Hezbollah a terrorist Terrorism organization .

In March and early April 2013 , the Lebanese Hezbollah militia moved Motion fully into the Homs ' fighting Hostile_encounter , in assistance to the Syrian government forces .

Responding to the government 's crackdown Attack on Hezbollah 's secured network the militants belonging to the organization and its allies have blocked Hindering Beirut airport as well as main city streets , paralyzing Hindering the life in the capital .

On May 8 , 2008 , gun battles Hostile_encounter erupted Process_start between Hezbollah supporters and pro-government loyalists , while the leader of the organization called Name_conferral the government 's decision Deciding `` a declaration Expressing_publicly of war Military_operation '' .

Gunmen from two of Tehran 's Iraqi-based proxies , Kata'ib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq , then carried out Attack the actual attack Attack . ''

Al-Hassan had also led the investigation that implicated Syria and its ally Hezbollah in the killing of the former prime minister Rafik Hariri .

Hezbollah received Receiving minor support Supporting from the Syrian Army in the ambush .

The Al-Otaiba ambush Terrorism was a successful military operation Military_operation conducted Action on 26 February 2014 by Hezbollah against al-Nusra militants at Al-Otaiba , a village in East Ghouta , near Damascus , Syria .

They were then targeted Aiming by Hezbollah with additional secondary explosions Destroying and small-arms fire Use_firearm .

Various reports Reporting suggest Statement that over 100 al-Nusra fighters were killed Killing , which makes the ambush a major victory for Hezbollah .

The official June 25 , 1996 , statement Statement by the United States named Name_conferral members of Hezbollah Al-Hejaz ( ) as responsible .

In 2006 , a U.S. court found Know Iran and Hezbollah guilty of orchestrating Arranging the attack Attack .

During the offensive Military_operation the Syrian military was joined Becoming_a_member by Hezbollah , Iraqi Shi'ite militia and Iranian military advisers .

A UN Interim Force compound at Qana was hit Attack when Israeli artillery fired Use_firearm on Hezbollah forces operating nearby .

639 Hezbollah cross-border rocket attacks Attack targeted Aiming northern Israel , particularly the town of Kiryat Shemona ( HRW 1997 ) .

Hezbollah forces also participated Participation in numerous engagements with Israeli and South Lebanon Army forces .

In February 2013 , Tsvetan Tsvetanov , the Bulgarian Interior Minister , said Statement there was `` well-grounded '' evidence that Hezbollah was behind the attack Attack .

According to the Europol , forensic evidence and intelligence sources all point to Protest Hezbollah 's involvement in the blast Attack .

Both Iran and Hezbollah have denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act any involvement .

On 5 June 2013 , new Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Kristian Vigenin stated Statement that : `` There is no conclusive evidence for the implication of Hezbollah in the July 2012 bombing Terrorism in Burgas .