Israeli minister hints at retaliatory actions taken in Iraq, Yemen, Iran

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant hinted on Tuesday that the nation had retaliated in Iraq, Yemen and Iran for assaults carried out in opposition to it because the battle with Hamas-led Palestinian militants within the Gaza Strip widens to different areas of the area.

“We’re in a multi-front battle and are coming beneath assault from seven theatres: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria (West Financial institution), Iraq, Yemen and Iran. We’ve already responded and brought motion in six of those theatres,” he informed lawmakers.

Since Gaza hostilities erupted with a cross-border Hamas rampage on Oct 7, the Israeli army has stated it additionally retaliated for knock-on assaults from Lebanon and Syria, and carried out raids on Palestinian militants within the occupied West Financial institution. It has not revealed such actions in Yemen, whose Iran-aligned Houthis have carried out long-range missile and drone launches at Israel and attacked delivery within the Pink Sea, nor in Iraq, the place a pro-Iran militia stated final week it had fired a drone on the southern Israeli port metropolis of Eilat.

Nor has Israel revealed any operations inside Iran, its arch-enemy and a sponsor of Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.