TENSION AND DISCHARGE FACTORS A. A. ERMAKOV Candidate of Historical Sciences A. A. KORNILOV Doctor of Historical Sciences Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod Keywords: Israel, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, militants An integral part of the Arab-Israeli conflict is the confrontation between the State of Israel and radical organizations represented by the Lebanese Hezbollah ("Party of Allah") and Palestinian groups. Over the past eight years, Tel Aviv has conducted a number of large-scale military operations against Palestinian radicals. Therefore, the armed confrontation between Israel and the radicals of the Gaza Strip in recent years has attracted much more attention than the confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel. However, the "Party of Allah" for Israelis is a constant dangerous opponent. The largest armed confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah in the twenty-first century remains the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Tel Aviv has achieved limited success in this conflict, while the Party of Allah has demonstrated its strengths in the field of armed confrontation. When preparing for combat operations, the leadership of this radical organization took into account the fundamental gap in military-technical equipment with its opponent.1 There are three main components of Hezbollah's success: a strong military infrastructure, missile and anti-tank arsenals. HEZBOLLAH'S TWO FRONTS After the Second Lebanon War, Hezbollah continued to build up its military capabilities. The "Party of Allah" was preparing for another round of armed confrontation with Tel Aviv. However, a new battlefield for Hezbollah turned out to be Syria 2, where it entered into hostilities with opponents of the Bashar al-Assad regime. The participation of the "Party of Allah" in the Syrian conflict significantly influenced the dynamics of its confrontation with Israel. Thus, despite significant tensions between Tel Aviv and Hezbollah in 2015, a new large-scale military conflict between ... Читать далее