and theHouthi movement, which disrupted global shipping by attacking ships in theRed Sea. At the end of the year Israel faced tremendous international pressure to ease its offensive, and in February a rift emerged between Israel and theUnited States, Israel’s most important source of internationa...
“axis of resistance” in the region that includedHezbollahinLebanon, Pres.Bashar al-AssadinSyria, andHouthirebels inYemen. Hamas, whose relationship with Iran had beentumultuousin the 2010s, had grown closer to Iran after 2017 and received significant Iranian support to build up its military ...