Middle East Conflict Escalates: Iran Vows Retaliation, US Strikes Houthi Missile, Netanyahu Firm on Security Control

As tensions rise, commercial shipping crews resort to unconventional methods to evade Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

Israel's war in Gaza continues with Iran vowing retaliation after five Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members were killed in an airstrike in Syria, which both Iran and Syria attribute to Israel.
US personnel were injured in a ballistic missile attack on Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq, with the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq claiming responsibility.
US forces destroyed a Houthi anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden, as part of ongoing efforts to degrade the Iran-backed group’s capabilities.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his stance on retaining full Israeli security control over all territory west of Jordan, which he says is contrary to the existence of a Palestinian state.
Despite the ongoing conflict, some commercial shipping crews are resorting to unorthodox methods to evade Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, including altering their destination information to signal a lack of association with Israel.