Iran-US battle newest: Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthi rebels launch first missile assault on Israel since battle started | EUROtoday

Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian has threatened to ship a “decisive and crushing response” if Tehran’s key infrastructure and financial centres are focused by the US and Israel.

“We have repeatedly stated that Iran does not carry out preemptive attacks, but in response to attacks on infrastructure and economic centers, we will deliver a decisive and crushing response to the aggressor enemy,” Pezeshkian wrote on X on Saturday.

“To the countries of the region, I say: if you seek development and security, do not allow our common enemies to orchestrate the war from your territories.”

The Houthis, fashioned within the late Nineteen Nineties, developed as political-religious Shia motion and launched a collection of guerrilla wars towards Yemen’s nationwide military upon conception.

The rebels have developed an arsenal together with ballistic missiles and armed drones able to hitting Israel greater than 1,000 miles from Sana’a.

In 2024, the insurgent group launched its first sustained assaults on ships passing by way of the Red Sea claiming it was in retaliation for Israel’s assaults on Gaza. The onslaught disrupted international commerce by hanging the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which is a slender strip of sea between Yemen and east Africa that could be a key worldwide commerce route.

Experts say the Houthis, together with Gaza’s Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, kind a part of Iran’s “axis of resistance” – a navy alliance constructed over 4 a long time to oppose Israeli and American energy within the Middle East.

Israel’s navy mentioned it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen towards Israel early Saturday and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels later claimed duty for the assault, their first for the reason that battle within the Mideast began.

Brigadier General Yahya Saree, a navy spokesperson for the Houthis, claimed duty in an announcement aired Saturday morning on the rebels’ Al-Masirah satellite tv for pc tv.

The potential entry to the battle of the Houthis calls into query whether or not the group will once more goal business transport touring by way of the Red Sea hall.

Sirens went off round Beer Sheba and the realm close to Israel’s important nuclear analysis heart for the third time in a single day Friday into Saturday as Iran and Hezbollah continued to fireside on Israel in a single day.

Loud explosions additionally crammed the air in Tel Aviv and Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service mentioned it was responding to 11 totally different impression websites throughout the metro space.

An FBI spokesperson confirmed that the company chief Kash Patel’s electronic mail was hacked by the Iran-linked Handala Hack Team.

The group revealed dozens of emails and pictures on Friday that they mentioned had been taken from a private inbox belonging to Patel.

“We have taken all necessary steps to mitigate potential risks associated with this activity,” FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson said today.

The data accessed by the hackers were “historical in nature and involves no government information”, Williamson mentioned.

Iranain strikes have forced the shutdown of Qatar’s production of helium, which is critical to semiconductor manufacture.

“The shutdown of Qatar helium production due to the US-Iran military conflict has removed roughly a third of global helium supply and shifted the market from oversupplied to undersupplied,” Deutsche Bank analysts said earlier this month.

Experts warn that a drawn-out war could forced chip makers to seek alternate sources and supply routes.

Russia, which is the world’s third largest helium supplier could gain from this disruption.

“If Qatari disruptions persist, Russia is well placed to further expand its role in China’s helium supply mix,” Center on Global Energy Policy researcher Erica Downs wrote in a blog post.

Kuwait International Airport was targeted ⁠by multiple drone attacks ⁠that ​caused ⁠significant damage ⁠to its ​radar ⁠system ‌but resulted in no ‌casualties, state news ‌agency KUNA ⁠said on Saturday, citing the country’s Civil Aviation ‌Authority.

India’s telecom department convened a meeting yesterday to draw up contingency plans as the Iran war threatens critical subsea cable routes which could put India–Europe connectivity at risk.

Telecom companies have reportedly sought the Indian government support to engage with Iran to safeguard subsea cable infrastructure.

Experts warn that the Red Sea and Strait of Hormuz are key risk zones for international data flows via undersea cables where disruptions could take months to repair.

“While a complete internet blackout is unlikely, India remains exposed to congestion and performance issues due to its reliance on limited routes and landing points,” Amajit Gupta, chief of cloud connectivity services provider Lightstorm, told Moneycontrol.

“Strengthening resilience will require diversifying cable landings, expanding eastward connectivity, and building domestic repair capabilities with policy support,” Gupta mentioned.

The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization warned that the disruption to the Strait of Hormuz due to the ongoing war in the middle east is a “systematic shock affecting agrifood techniques globally”.

The region accounts for nearly half of the global sulphur trade, necessary to produce fertilisers for crops.

FAO chief economist Máximo Torero warned that disruptions to Sulphur supply are already translating into higher costs for farmers worldwide.

“Farmers are facing a dual cost shock: they have more expensive fertilizers alongside rising fuel costs affecting the entire agricultural value chain, including irrigation and transport,” Torero said.