Middle East Conflict

Swelling violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has prompted some allies and staunch defenders to publicly press the Israeli government to do more to stop settler attacks.

A wave of Houthi attacks Tuesday on Saudi Arabia wounded more than 70 people and ignited fires at several oil facilities and utilities in the kingdom’s southern region, authorities said, a major escalation in the renewed conflict between an important U.S. ally and the Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen.

Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese town killed at least 11 people including two children and two medics, Lebanon‘s state news agency said.

Iran said Sunday it struck an unmanned U.S. vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim that the U.S. military dismissed as a “total lie.”

Israeli strikes killed four people, including two women, in southern Lebanon on Sunday, ⁠the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel retaliated for what it said were Hezbollah drone attacks within areas occupied by its troops.

The United Nations’ food agency said it is halving food assistance in the Israeli-occupied West Bank because of severe funding shortages.

TEL AVIV, Israel — It’s been a year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on a hospital in Gaza.

The United States cancelled a joint amphibious landing drill scheduled for next month with South Korea, Seoul’s Marine Corps said on Monday, after Washington cited constraints on the availability of U.S. forces due to the war in Iran.

This article was originally published on CFR.org and updated by NBC News.

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