Iran warns of an "unprecedented" retaliation if Israel attacks, while President Trump describes the Middle East as a "dangerous place."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to prevent Tehran, “one way or the other,” from building a nuclear bomb.

This siege mentality may have undermined more proactive Israeli Jewish public support for a ceasefire and ‘day-after’ concessions when the conflict finally ends.

A Houthi source told Newsweek that any attack on Iran "will drag the entire region into the abyss of war" amid escalation tension.

It also threatened to respond proportionately to any Israeli attack on its military or economic infrastructure. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The activists' yacht, which was trying to carry aid to Gaza, was intercepted by Israeli forces in the early hours of Monday.

The Israeli navy attacked docks in Yemen’s rebel-held port city of Hodeida, likely damaging facilities that are key to aid shipments to the hungry, war-wracked nation.

Indonesia has strongly condemned Israel's interception of the Madleen, a British-flagged humanitarian vessel bound for Gaza, calling the action a clear violation of international law and denouncing Israel’s blockade as collective punishment that risks causing mass starvation.