10/03/2024
Houthis increasingly targeting ships with little or no connection to the US or Israel, beginning to warn Greek shippers in 5/2024. Iraq-based Kataib Hezbollah, another proxy that forms part of Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” has warned that an “energy war” could have severe consequences globally, suggesting that Iran and its allies see the conflict as a full-scale war against the west and Israel and/or attempting to forestall an Israeli attack on the Iranian oil industry in retaliation for Iran’s attack on Israel. Tehran, meanwhile, has conveyed a message to the United States through Qatar, stating that the “phase of unilateral self-restraint has ended,” warning that any Israeli attack will be met with an “unconventional response” targeting Israeli infrastructure.
