specially designated global terrorist group,# a White House official tells the "NewsHour."

It follows more than 30 Houthi attacks# on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.## And it's a reversal from the first days of the# Biden administration, when the U.S. delisted## the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization.# Earlier today, Israel and Hamas agreed to allow## more medicine into Gaza, both for Gazans and for# the more than 100 Israelis still held hostage.

But attacks in the last 24 hours# in Lebanon and Iraq have caused## Middle East and U.S. officials to voice# concerns about the risks of a wider war.

Nick Schifrin reports.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Across the region# tonight, fears of escalation.

Today,## Israel launched one of its largest salvos against# Hezbollah in Lebanon since October the 7th.

Just yesterday, a mother and son were# buried together killed on Sunday by a## Hezbollah missile.

In Northern Iraq, Iran# launched a rare ballistic missile attack o what it said was a local office of# Israel's spy agency.

but among the## dead was a Kurdish multimillionaire# and his family killed in their home.

And off the coast of Yemen, U.S. warships# launched the third round of strikes on the## Houthis in six days, the target today, four Houthi# ballistic missiles before they could be fired.

The Houthis welcome war, and once again# today launched a missile the U.S. military## said struck a Maltese-flagged# ship that was able to sail away.

MOHAMMED BIN ABDULRAHMAN BIN JASSIM AL THANI,# Qatari Prime Minister: What we have r in the region is a recip NICK SCHIFRIN: Three thousand miles away,# at the World Economic Fo the region and National Security Adviser Jake# Sullivan acknowled JAKE SULLIVAN, U.S. National Security# Adviser: We have to guard against and## be vigilant against rather than heading towards de-escalation, we are# on a path of escalation that we have to manage.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Purposely or not, Hamas'# October 7 terrorist attack accelerated## existing tensions.

And, today,# de-escalation runs through Gaza,## said Sullivan and Qatari Prime# Minister Mohammed Al Thani.

MOHAMMED BIN ABDULRAHMAN BIN JASSIM AL# THANI: We shou in Gaza.

And as soon as it is defused, I# be NICK SCHIFRIN: But the spark and smoke of# the war in Gaza continues to spread.

Today,## in Central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee# camp, families carted all they had left.

The U.N. says Gazans are stalked by the# long shadow of starvation.

Today in Rafah,## Mohammed Al-Shondogli waited# for food with his children.

MOHAMMED AL-SHONDOGLI, Displaced Gazan# (through translator): Our bodies are## ill. My chil NICK SCHIFRIN: Despite Israel's campaign,# today, Palestinian militants fired more## than two dozen rockets into Israel,# the highest number in more than an d a reminder of how far Israel is# from achieving its military goals.

But there is disunity on how to achieve those# goals.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants## to continue the war until Hamas is destroyed.# War cabinet member and opposition leader Benny## Gantz is willing to stop if it comes with# the release of more than 100 hostages.

MEN AND WOMEN: Happy birthday.

WOMAN: Bring them home now.

NICK SCHIFRIN: There is a To day is Kfir Bibas' first birthday.# He and his family were taken from their## homes 102 days ago.

Hamas says they# were killed in an Israeli airstrike,## but his extended family holds out hope# he survived to see his second year.

As for that agreement between Israel and# Hamas to allow more medicine into Gaza,## it was negotiated by Qatar.

Netanyahu said today# that two Q tomorrow to deliver medicine both for Israeli# hostages and millions of Gazans who