Israel has conducted at least three “wide-scale” waves of strikes against Iran as the war entered its second month, with more US reinforcements flowing into the region and the Yemeni Houthis joining the fight for the first time.
A military spokesman for Yemen’s Houthis has announced that the armed group targeted multiple sites in southern Israel on Sunday, adding that the strikes were coordinated with the “heroic operations” carried out by Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“We had been prepared for the Houthis to join this from the beginning,” Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said, as the IDF said it intercepted at least one missile from Yemen.
In the meantime, the US Central Command said the USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship, which is based in Japan, has joined the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the region. The new reinforcements include around 3,500 US sailors and Marines with transport and strike aircraft, as well as amphibious assault assets.
Israel has continued its massive offensive, not only against Iran but in Lebanon, where an IDF airstrike killed three journalists on Saturday.
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