Israel's war on Gaza in 2023, following the October 7 Hamas attack, has had reverberating effects across the Middle East and the world. In the aftermath of what the United Nations has since termed a genocide, Iran's so-called 'axis of resistance', particularly Hezbollah and the Houthis, stepped up their attacks on Israel in a bid to "support Gaza". For its part, since October 7, Israel has adopted a more aggressive regional posture and now occupies far more territory in Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza.