Houthis claim responsibility for attack on Israel in regional conflict

Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for an attack on Israel, marking what they described as the first attack of its kind in the current war. The Iran-backed militant group, which controls much of northern Yemen including the capital Sanaa, has previously threatened to join the broader regional conflict that began with Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel. The Houthis have been involved in Yemen's civil war since 2014 and have increasingly aligned themselves with Iran's network of proxy forces across the Middle East, known as the "axis of resistance." This escalation represents a potential widening of the Gaza conflict beyond the immediate Israel-Hamas theater, raising concerns about a broader regional war involving multiple Iranian-backed groups.