The last 48 hours in the Middle East – in which Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and continued to bombard the Iran-backed group across Lebanon – have once more ratcheted fears that this long-running conflict could spiral into a wider regional war.

There is no doubt that this horrible crime committed by the Zionist regime (Israel) will not go unanswered,” Araqchi said. In 2019, Nilforoushan was appointed as the operations deputy of the IRGC, which Iran uses to provide Hezbollah with most of its funding,

For context: Yemen's Houthi movement have periodically been firing drones and missiles towards Israel since the war in Gaza broke out. Most have been intercepted, but one man was killed in July after a drone hit Tel Aviv, and a missile landed in an uninhabited area of central Israel earlier this month.