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Once-Mighty Hezbollah Stays Out of Iran’s War Against Israel

Demonstrators wave flags of Hezbollah and Iran during a rally in Tehran on June 14.

Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images

Takeaways by Bloomberg AI

One of Israel’s most feared scenarios has long been that Iran would unleash an attack on it in coordination with its powerful network of proxy militias.

Tehran spent decades funding and arming Islamist groups in countries like Iraq, Yemen and Israel’s northern neighbor Lebanon — all of them committed to bringing about the Jewish state’s demise.