By Athena Papakosta

Israel launched a new wave of airstrikes bombings against the Houthis of Yemen, while he continued them bombing also against Hezbollah positions in Lebanon. The conflict in the Middle East is now in uncharted waters with new Israeli bombings against Iran’s “satellites” bringing the region to the brink of all-out war.

Yesterday, Sunday, dozens of Israeli warplanes launched strikes against fuel and electrical infrastructure in Yemen’s Ras Isa and Hodeidah ports in one of Israel’s biggest operations against the Tehran-backed Houthis in a year. From the new attacks, according to Yemeni media controlled by the rebels, the dead are at least four and the injured more than 30.

The Houthis spoke of a barbaric attack and vowed revenge, with Israel reporting that the target was infrastructure used to transport Iranian weapons.

A day earlier, Yemen’s Houthi rebels had claimed responsibility for launching a missile at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was returning from the United States.

“Our message is clear. For us, no place is too far,” said Israel’s Defense Minister, Yoav Galand, while, for his part, Iran’s president Massoud Pezeskian pointed out that Israel should not be allowed to attack one “Axis of Resistance” member country after another.

It was preceded 48 hours earlier by the Israeli hammering into the heart of Hezbollah, in the underground headquarters of the organization in the Dahiya district of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, killing the leader of the Shiite organization Hassan Nasrallah.

For the Prime Minister of Israel, killing Nasrallah was a necessary step in order to change the balance in the region in the future. As Benjamin Netanyahu pointed out, “Nasrallah was not a terrorist. He was the terrorist.”

At the same time, the international community is still pushing for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, but so far little progress has been made.

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby explained that Israel’s goal of safely returning thousands of Israeli displaced persons to their homes will not be achieved by an all-out war against Hezbollah and Iran.

“An all-out war against Hezbollah, and certainly against Iran, is not the way to achieve this. If you want the return of the displaced safely, we believe that the diplomatic way is the right way”, he pointed out characteristically speaking to the American network CNN.

At the same time, according to the Reuters news agency, Nasrallah’s body was recovered yesterday Sunday. Hezbollah, however, has not yet announced when his funeral will be held.