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Israel: Iran Gives Hizbullah $700 Million a Year, Is Driving Force of Current Escalation
(Al-Monitor) Rina Bassist - Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned on Thursday that Israel is facing a new security era with possible threats from multiple fronts simultaneously. Gallant said, "Iran is the driving force in the convergence of the arenas. It transfers resources, ideology, knowledge and training to its proxies." Gallant said Iran has increased its financial support to its proxies. Hizbullah received $700 million from Iran last year as well as "knowledge and strategic weaponry" such as precision-guided munitions. Hamas received $100 million and tens of millions went to Islamic Jihad. Iran also transferred hundreds of millions of dollars to Iranian-backed militias in Syria and to the Syrian government. Gallant added, "The IDF continues to systematically hurt Iranian assets and targets in the region. We are working on all this on a large scale. Since I took office, in the first quarter of 2023 the rate of attacks in Syria doubled."