Middle East Tensions Escalate: Retaliatory Strikes and Iranian Attacks Prompt Concern

Pakistan has carried out retaliatory strikes on militants in Iran in response to attacks by Tehran, resulting in the deaths of at least three women and four children. The US has also conducted a fourth round of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen after a drone launched by the rebel group hit a US-owned cargo ship in the Red Sea. Tensions and violence continue to escalate across the Middle East and Asia, with ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza and the West Bank, and concerns of a potential war in Lebanon.