📉 Proxy Firestorm Across the Middle East

 

📉 Chapter 5: Proxy Firestorm Across the Middle East

The Iran–Israel conflict quickly pulled in regional actors:

• Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets into northern Israel.

• Houthi rebels targeted Israeli shipping near the Red Sea.

• Iraqi militias fired drones at U.S. bases in western Iraq and Syria.

Despite their limited accuracy, these attacks forced the U.S. to activate Patriot and THAAD systems across the region, escalating the war's regional impact.