At a time when Israeli forces have gathered on the border with Gaza and everything shows that a ground intervention is now inevitable, the international community is anxious about the potential spread of the war in the wider region.

Particularly, the involvement of Hezbollah from southern Lebanon where it is based makes the situation in the Middle East extremely dangerous because a major war between Israel and Hezbollahsupported by Iran, he will lead the Israeli army to fight on two fronts. Already the two sides have been involved in clashes on Lebanon’s border with Israel.

Indicative of the situation is the movement of the 6th American Fleet outside of Israel and the information about the repositioning of American F15s in Jordan as they mainly concern a possible intervention by Iran.

In his analysis the Reuters it’s mentioned that Hezbollah is moving cautiously, keeping Israeli troops busy with attacks on the Lebanese borderwithout opening a big front.

The Iran-backed group is on war alertdeploys special forces and prepares its missiles for the possibility of war.

Hamas has strengthened ties with Iran and Hezbollah in recent years after a period of frosty relations a decade ago, when the two armed groups supported opposing sides in the Syrian civil war. Hamas, a Sunni Muslim group, backed the Sunni militias that rebelled against President Bashar al-Assad, whose forces were backed by Shiite fighters from Iran and Hezbollah.

At the same time, the level of planning of the Hamas attack raises questions about whether Hamas could have carried it out alone or whether it had help from Iran. Although Iran trains Hezbollah and provides it with hundreds of millions of dollars each year, Tehran has denied any involvement.

So, the next conflict could be much worse as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah are at their highest since the 2006 conflict.

Hezbollah does not rule out war, sources report that its moves so far are designed to be limited in scope, preventing a major spillover into Lebanon while keeping Israeli forces busy in northern Israel.

According to analysts, Hezbollah strikes here and there and responds to Israeli fire in Lebanon, while at the same time closely monitoring the situation in the Gaza Strip and the south. Hezbollah is moving “day by day”, as analysts typically say.

They themselves estimate that Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza will be decisive for Hezbollah’s next steps.

Hezbollah says it is in direct contact with Palestinian fighters in Gaza and has expressed its support.