The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, have targeted commercial ships in the Red Sea in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza. They launched a missile at Israel overnight.

Israel’s military says it intercepted a missile fired toward the country by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The attack set off sirens late Monday in central areas of Israel, including Tel Aviv.

Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, including its director, according to the Health Ministry in the enclave and Israel's military.

On the other hand, Hamas is putting a fight even as the conditions for a ceasefire are being talked upon. Israel is now involved into direct combat at three fronts. Israel's war with Hamas and Hezbollah continues.

The U.S. has been targeting Houthi facilities in Yemen and has long carried out military activities in the country.

As 2024 comes to an end, Israel is now less worried about threats from Hamas and Hezbollah and instead very much concerned over Iran and Syria.

Israel has banned the pan-Arab Al Jazeera network and accused six of its Gaza reporters of being militants. The Qatar-based broadcaster denies the allegations and accuses Israel of trying to silence its war coverage, which has focused heavily on civilian casualties from Israeli military operations.

The Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen on Tuesday claimed to have attacked the international airport in Tel Aviv as well as targets in Jerusalem. Houthi military spokesman Yehya Saree said in a televised statement that Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport and an electricity plant in the Jerusalem area had been attacked with ballistic missiles.

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran this summer, revealing the extent of Israel's operations against militant leaders. View on eu

Israel's devastating campaigns against Iran's regional allies have severely weakened its arch-enemy's ability to project its power, but Yemen's Tehran-backed Huthi rebels remain a stubborn thorn in its side,

Saudi Arabia supported various ultra-conservative groups during Syria’s civil war, including Jaysh al-Islam, created with the kingdom’s support to counter Hayat Tahrir’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated predecessor, Jabhat al-Nusra.