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Will there be all-out war in the Middle East? One wrong move risks escalation
There have been assassinations, bombings and hijackings in five countries after the Hamas massacre. Events could spiral out of control
The Sunday Times
On the warm blue waters of the Red Sea, a few dozen Yemeni militiamen dressed in wetsuits and carrying Kalashnikovs hijack a British-owned, Japanese-operated ship. A Hamas leader is assassinated in a Beirut suburb. A drone drops an explosive on a US military base in Syria, and an American airstrike kills a militiaman in Baghdad. Hezbollah fires a mortar into farmland in northern Israel.
These might sound like disparate events but together they tell a different story.
They are part of what was once a shadow war fought by the so-called axis of resistance, Iran’s regional partners and proxies, which has spilt into the open since Israel’s war in Gaza began after the Hamas attacks on October 7.
In the last week, assassinations, bombings and
