Smoke rises from the site of Israeli air strikes at the port of Hodeidah, in Hodeidah, Yemen July 21, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)
JERUSALEM POST | Published January 5, 2025
In just the last three weeks, the Houthis have launched no fewer than 15 missiles against Israel.
The Houthi terror group in Yemen, emboldened by its regional alliances and ideological zeal, is recklessly careening down a disastrous course of ruin.
In just the last three weeks, they have launched no fewer than 15 missiles against Israel, by their count – focusing on Israel’s two largest cities, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
This blatant aggression, at the behest of their Iranian patrons, has already provoked some significant retaliatory action. In response, Israel has hit Houthi infrastructure, including Hodeidah Port and Sanaa International Airport, leaving no doubt as to the Jewish state’s intentions to decisively defend itself.
Yet, undeterred by the clear lessons that history should have taught – lessons their Iranian allies should be familiar with – the Houthis are continuing their agenda.
The Islamist political and military organization should look no further than their friends in Hezbollah and Hamas to understand the cost of confrontation with Israel. Hezbollah has suffered severe setbacks since it began attacking Israel indiscriminately on October 8, 2023.
In a complicated and daring strike, leader Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated, dealing a catastrophic blow to the morale and operational capabilities of the organization. With unwavering resolve, Israel has precisely stricken key Hezbollah strongholds, rendering the Lebanese-based terrorist group’s grandiose threats hollow.
Last week, the Iranian-backed Houthis said that they had carried out 13 attacks on Israel over the previous 10 days. The claims were repeated by Iran’s state media. “This indicates how the Houthis are carrying out their attacks to show off their capabilities to the Iranian regime,” wrote Jerusalem Post analyst Seth Frantzman.
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SOURCE: www.m.jpost.com
RELATED: Houthis claim responsibility for missile, drone attack on central Israel
Yemen’s Houthi group shows the firing of the so-called surface-to-surface ‘hypersonic ballistic missile’ at an unrevealed site in Yemen on September 16, 2024 [Houthi Media Center via Getty Images]
MIDDLE EAST MONITOR | Published January 5, 2025
Yemen’s Houthis on Friday claimed responsibility for an aerial attack involving a ballistic missile and a combat drone against targets in central Israel, Anadolu reports.
In a statement read during a mass rally in the capital Sanaa, Yahya Saree, the group’s military spokesman, said they carried out two military operations in central Israel.
The first operation targeted a power station in the east of Tel Aviv with a hypersonic missile, while the second involved a drone being fired on an Israeli army’s target near the city of Jaffa, central Israel, he added. He claimed both attacks “successfully” hit their targets.
The spokesman vowed to continue attacks against Israel until aggression on Gaza, which continues since October 2023, is over and siege on the enclave is lifted.
According to Israeli media, at least 12 Israelis were injured, as crowds rushed to bomb shelters after a missile launched from Yemen entered Israeli airspace.
The Israeli army claimed to have intercepted the missile, but debris is said to have fallen in Modi’in, central Israel.
The Houthis have targeted Israel, as well as Israeli-linked shipping and naval vessels in the Red Sea, in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has killed more than 45,000 people since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks.
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SOURCE: www.middleeastmonitor.com
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