Bhubaneswar, March 2 -- Iran has vowed to avenge the death of its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during Israeli airstrikes as part of a joint military operation with the United States. Following confirmation of Khamenei's death on Sunday, Iran launched retaliatory strikes targeting the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, escalating tensions across the West Asia region. The situation has now spiraled further out of control, spilling over into Lebanon and beyond.

Hezbollah, a militant group aligned with Iran's "axis of resistance," responded by launching rocket and drone attacks against a military base near Haifa in northern Israel. The group emphasized in a statement that Israel's continued aggression and the killing ...