American and British forces attacked Houthi positions. The strike occurred a few hours after a ballistic missile was launched from Yemen towards Israel, reports The Times of Israel. The Times of Israel,

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 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

Yemen’s Houthi rebels are stepping up their missile attacks, keeping up what could be the last major front in the Middle East wars.

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

The Hamas Movement condemned Israel’s strikes on Yemen on Thursday, calling it “a blatant aggression on Yemeni sovereignty.” “Hamas condemns the brutal terrorist aggression carried out by the Zionist enemy against our brothers from Yemen,

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.

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 continues to bomb several areas across Gaza killing scores, while Washington says it's confident that a ceasefire deal would 'come together'.

2024 saw the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the escalation of the war in Ukraine, the sudden reignition of the Syrian Civil War, the continuation of the Myanmar Civil War, the escalation of the Sudanese Civil War, the continuation of the war in Gaza, and the conflict in the Red Sea involving the Houthis.

Richard Haass is President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, Senior Counselor at Centerview Partners, and the author of a weekly newsletter, Home & Away.