Iranian-backed groups in Iraq have warned that they will attack American interests in the country if the United States gets involved, and the Houthis in Yemen, another of Tehran’s allies, have also made threats.
“If this starts going bad, it could go bad in a lot of places simultaneously and very quickly,” said Jon Alterman, a senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “We are absolutely heading into a big unknown.”
The biggest concern, however, is the well-armed, battle-trained and highly disciplined Hezbollah movement in Lebanon, said Michael Horowitz, director of intelligence at Le Beck security consultancy. Hezbollah has amassed between 130,000 and 150,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel, some of which could reach deep into Israeli cities or be used to deliver precision strikes against Israeli military facilities such as air bases, curtailing Israel’s fighting capabilities.
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