Iran Reportedly Planning Coordinated Multi-Front Assault on Israel With Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis and Iraqi Militias

Iran is working to bring Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iraqi militias into a major, coordinated assault on Israel, according to Israeli intelligence assessments. The objective is to open multiple fronts together, with Tehran’s own forces participating from the outset rather than entering a conflict already underway. The report does not disclose a launch date or confirmed operational order.

The threat is not simply that several enemies could attack Israel. It is that they could deliberately synchronize their campaigns, forcing Israel to confront simultaneous emergencies rather than respond to fronts that escalate separately.

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An earlier IDF assessment, identified renewed coordination between Hamas and Hezbollah with Iranian assistance. Israeli forces were encountering increased friction with terrorists in both Gaza and southern Lebanon, and the military assessed that the coordination was part of an effort to rebuild Tehran’s regional network and increase pressure on Israel.

That earlier reporting matters as the concern extends beyond threatening speeches to assessed cooperation between terrorist organizations confronting Israeli troops on different fronts. It does not, by itself, establish that every component of a larger offensive is ready.

Iran’s coordination efforts also extend beyond Hamas and Hezbollah. Separate reporting summarized by the Institute for the Study of War described Quds Force commanders holding calls with Hezbollah, Houthi and Iraqi militia leaders during a ceasefire to discuss widening the conflict with the United States. The account came from two senior Revolutionary Guard officers; ISW assessed that their disclosures likely also served Tehran’s effort to deter American and Israeli strikes.

Captured Hamas documents provide a disturbing backdrop. Records published by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center showed that Yahya Sinwar pursued a broader campaign involving Iran and Hezbollah, with Iranian funding central to Hamas’ military buildup. The documents described an ambition to apply pressure from multiple directions and push Israel toward collapse.

But Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion was not accompanied by a simultaneous, full-scale assault by the entire Iranian network. The latest report describes Tehran trying to eliminate that gap: making a multi-front campaign part of the plan from the beginning, rather than hoping other forces join afterward.

Separately, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has launched “Dawn 2.0,” a surprise exercise testing the military’s ability to handle a sudden, complex, large-scale emergency across multiple fronts. Commanders across the military were called into action, standby forces were mobilized, and Zamir monitored the exercise from the military’s top command post and in the field.

The IDF says the exercise tests readiness and decision-making ahead of the Jewish holidays while incorporating lessons from Oct. 7. Its announcement does not link the drill to the reported Iranian plan, and it stresses that increased military traffic and aircraft activity are exercise-related, not an unfolding security incident.

The strategic danger is clear: coordination could make separate threats more dangerous together. For Israel, readiness means being able to recognize and confront that combined threat before simultaneous attacks become simultaneous surprises.