Jerusalem | Israel’s military on Sunday (Monday AEST) attacked its enemies in two countries and the Gaza Strip, including with a long-distance airstrike in Yemen, amid escalating violence between Israel and its Iranian-backed proxies across the Middle East, inching the combatants closer to regional war.

Israel’s show of military force reached from Lebanon, where it targeted Hezbollah, to the province of Hodeidah in Yemen, where its warplanes flew more than 1600 kilometres to attack power plants and shipping infrastructure.