"Our support for Gaza and our defense of our country against the Zionist aggression against it has continued," a Houthi source told Newsweek.

The group is one of the most powerful and shadowy arms of Iran’s military, and it has long been on the front line of a shadow conflict with Israel.

For Israel, the objective was to degrade Iran’s nuclear capabilities and demonstrate unequivocally that any threat to its existence would be met with overwhelming force. For Iran, retaliation served not only as a defence of national pride but also as a signal to regional allies and adversaries alike that it remains capable of responding to aggression.

Israel and Iran have opened a new chapter in their long history of conflict. Israel launched a major attack with strikes early Friday that set off explosions in the Iranian capital of Tehran.

Tensions escalate as Iran and Israel engage in direct warfare, marking a dangerous new phase after Israel's strikes on Iranian infrastructure. Iran re

Iran’s intelligence chief and other key senior officials were killed in an Israeli airstrike as they attended a meeting together, according to Israeli officials. Mohammed Kazemi, the elite Islamic

Israel’s strike on Iranian nuclear and military facilities has pushed West Asia one step closer to a far wider, more dangerous regional war. It also has implications for recent US diplomatic efforts toward a deal with Tehran over its nuclear program.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel.

The conflict between Israel and Iran has wreaked considerable damage in both countries and caused casualties on both sides