Lebanon
Fighter jets targeted the east of the country for the first time in an escalation of the conflict.
Civilians were reportedly killed on both sides of the border as tensions in the region boiled over.
A regional Middle East war is more likely than a global confrontation, but even a relatively contained conflict could help upend the U.S.-led “rules-based order.”
Saleh al-Arouri is the highest-ranking Hamas member killed since the war with Israel began.
The two groups may be coordinating closer than ever before despite their longstanding differences.
The U.S. has been forced to respond to a surge in attacks on ships in the Red Sea, where one wrong move could trigger an even bigger regional crisis.
The Israeli government has not been shy about its plans to conduct targeted killings of Hamas officials in other countries—but that requires taking some serious risks.