Kelly Campa, Annika Ganzeveld, Siddhant Kishore, Carolyn Moorman, and Nicholas Carl September 22, 2024, 2:00pm ET

CTP-ISW defines the “Axis of Resistance” as the unconventional alliance that Iran has cultivated in the Middle East since the Islamic Republic came to power in 1979. [...] These attacks are consistent with Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah declaring recently that the group would continue its cross-border attacks in support of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.[10] Hezbollah launched three barrages of medium-range rockets targeting IDF Ramat David airbase in northern Israel on September 21.[11] The airbase is the northernmost one in Israel. [...] Hezbollah stated that the attack was in response to “repeated Israeli attacks” on Lebanon.[12] The IDF intercepted about 24 rockets.[13] This attack may have been the one that the IDF preempted earlier that day. [...] The IDF lastly intercepted a drone that flew over the southern Golan Heights from the east.[26] The commander of the IDF 7th Armored Brigade, Colonel Elad Zuri, published a letter on September 20 in which he said that the brigade is prepared to be the first unit to “lead the IDF in the northern arena.”[27] Zuri said that the 7th Brigade is deployed on the northern border and prepared to fight in o. [...] 4 Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2024 Gaza Strip Axis of Resistance objectives: • Erode the will of the Israeli political establishment and public to sustain clearing operations in the Gaza Strip • Reestablish Hamas as the governing authority in the Gaza Strip The IDF Air Force conducted an airstrike targeting Hamas fighters in a former school in al Shati refugee.