Israel escalated its strikes against the Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, launching an array of attacks on the capital and elsewhere in the country that officials said was intended to deter the last Iran-backed group to pose a direct threat. Israeli warplanes ...

Israel struck multiple targets in Yemen it said were controlled by Houthis, the last of the Iran-backed groups still fully engaged in the regional war that began 14 months ago.

Israeli forces unleashed a series of deadly strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the western city of Hodeidah on Thursday, according to Houthi-run media, killing at least four people and injuring more than a dozen others.