Israel and Homeland are long-standing rivals and have been engaged in a shadow war for years.Israel’s war on Hamas, waged since the militant group attacked Israel on October 7, has heightened those tensions.Persian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria have launched attacks aimed at US military positions in those countries and Iran’s leadership has warned that attacks by its allies won’t stop until Israel’s war in Gaza ends.But fears of a spiralling regional war spiked further in early April, when Iran accused Israel of bombing its diplomatic complex in Syria.