DECRYPTION – Its military operations in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria have restored security to the Jewish state's borders and weakened the Iranian axis in the Middle East. But the political questions are still far from being resolved.
In the early hours of Israel's military response to the Hamas massacres, on October 7, 2023, victory seemed out of reach for Benjamin Netanyahu. Fourteen months later, the terrorist movement was decapitated, its Lebanese cousin, Hezbollah, dismembered, and Iranian influence largely erased in Syria. “ A year ago, Israel was traumatized and humiliated. Today, we have regained control and it is Iran which is on the defensive », summarizes an Israeli diplomatic source, on the occasion of the Europe-Israel Strategic Dialogue organized in December by the NGO Elnet.
The families of the captives still shout their anger against the government in “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv, but the popularity of the prime minister has risen. “ Even people on the leftclaims the source, wonder if Bibi was not ultimately right and if he was not the only one to have had a strategic vision. »
In Gaza, Hamas is defeated. According to an Israeli security source, barely a battalion of around 1,000 fighters remains. The others were “ eliminated » or « arrested “. The strikes are now continuing to reduce the influence it still exercises over civilian infrastructure…
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