Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityAnalysis Iran is redefining the conflict and the role of its proxies. Its response to Israel's strike on Hezbollah in Beirut was part of a broader effort to portray the U.S. and Israel as one big 'Satan' arrayed against a defiant IranShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeZvi Bar'el09:24 PM • June 09 2026 IDTThe brief exchange of fire between Israel and Iran has likely come to an end. On the surface, both sides demonstrated their ability to respond and reaffirmed the logic of a policy of non-containment. Yet even within this equation of retaliation – ostensibly designed to reinforce each side's deterrence – there are winners and losers.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Iran - U.S.Israel - IranAnalysisHezbollahCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesTrump-NetanyahuLebanonIDF-GazaKarim KhanBank of IsraelHaQuizHaaretz PodcastThe Latest Iran-Israel Showdown Saw Tehran Push for a New World OrderA Nazi Tattoo Hasn't Stopped Graham Platner in Maine. Will pro-Israel Donors?WhatsApp Targeted Again by NSO-linked Phishing Campaign, Meta SaysComptroller: Post-Oct. 7 Prison Overcrowding Forced Release of 19 DetaineesUN Inquiry Finds Israeli Forces Shield Settlers During Attacks on PalestiniansRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know AboutOne Killed, Five Wounded in Terror Shooting Rampage in Central IsraelGermany Is Paying a Price for Its Sweeping Support for IsraelThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartIf the Netanyahu Government Falls, This Will Be the Reason'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over Gaza