The assault, which the Israeli military described as a terrorist attack, took place near the village of al-Funduq, located on Highway 55. The dead victims have been identified as two women in their 70s and a 35-year-old police officer

“We will strike [the Houthis’] strategic infrastructure and decapitate its leaders. Just as we did to Haniyeh, Sinwar, and Nasrallah in Tehran, Gaza, and Lebanon, we will do in Hodeidah and Sanaa,” Katz declared at a ceremony commemorating Israeli security officers

The demand was reiterated during high-level talks in Cairo, where Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with senior U.S. officials, including National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Coordinator Brett McGurk

According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the strike targeted a site used by the Houthi rebels as a key hub for coordinating attacks on American naval vessels and merchant ships operating in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

The airstrikes reportedly caused a massive explosion in Hiresun, a village in Tartus province. While details on casualties and damage remain unclear, the strikes targeted air defense systems and surface-to-surface missile depots, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed sorrow over the incident, calling it "a very painful and sad moment for the people of Israel." His statement reflected the growing concerns over a recent surge in violence across the region

The strikes, which reportedly exceeded 100 in number, focused on sites linked to Syria’s chemical weapons program, including a research center suspected of connections to chemical weapons production

The 155-square-mile area, established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Syria, has remained a neutral zone for decades, patrolled by United Nations peacekeepers since the end of the Yom Kippur War

The IDF stressed that it was responding to what it called a provocation by Hezbollah, which fired mortars at an Israeli army position in the Mount Dov area, a disputed region on the Israel-Lebanon border known internationally as Shebaa Farms

The ceasefire, brokered after intense fighting, was agreed upon by both sides, with its terms intended to halt hostilities between the Israeli military and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah

The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, stated that a US ceasefire proposal was awaiting Israel’s approval. The plan, spearheaded by US presidential adviser Amos Hochstein, has been described as a last-ditch effort to halt hostilities

On a quiet Thursday afternoon late last month, 59-year-old Hanan Abu Salameh ventured out to her family’s olive grove near Faqqua, a village in the northern West Bank. It was a ritual she had performed for decades