A military spokesman for Yemen’s Houthis, which govern most of north Yemen, said Tuesday they launched missiles and drones at Israel and warned the attacks would continue until Israel ends its war in Gaza.
Israel said it activated its Arrow air defense system for the first time during its Gaza war to intercept a missile fired from the “Red Sea area.” Israeli fighter jets also downed two “hostile targets” flying over the Red Sea that were believed to be drones.
“All the threats were intercepted outside the territory of the State of Israel. No intrusion into Israeli territory was detected,” the Israeli military said.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the operation was the third targeting Israel and warned more attacks would come “until the Israeli aggression stops.” Earlier this month, the Pentagon said a US warship in the Red Sea intercepted missiles and drones fired by the Houthis in Yemen that were headed toward Israel.
The Houthi attacks and threats to launch more are another sign that Israel’s war in Gaza could explode into a major regional conflict. The US has deployed an enormous amount of firepower to the region in the name of deterring other actors from entering the war, raising questions about a potential US response to the Houthis attacks on Israel.
The US has backed a Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis in a brutal war in Yemen since March 2015, although a ceasefire has held relatively well since April 2022. Before the US supported the coalition, the Houthis, who are Zaydi Shia Muslims, were briefly a partner of the US in the fight against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
The Houthis are aligned politically with Iran, but it’s not clear how much support they receive from Tehran despite US claims since Yemen has been under a US-Saudi blockade since 2015.
Houthis don’t have missile and drone plants-the trouble is with Iran.
Hawking for a war with Iran is too dumb even for you.
We are ALL Hamas now!
IMHO the government of Israel in its current form is arrogant enough to say “Bring it on”.l The Houthis will be bombed,strafed and infiltrated by Mossad. What happened to the Palestinians will be repeated. Israel knows no limits on warring or aggression.this I hope is only the first battle in a war that must be fought if humanity is going to survive long enough for Climate Change to kill us all.
The concern should be that many more will follow the path down which the Houthis lead. There are missiles all over the region, in the hands of angry men, furious men, and leaders who are desperate to assauge their own mobs of furious people.
The Houthis, more than any other modern force, embody the anti-colonialist spirit of the Vietcong. America is the one who knocks, but the Houthis are always the first to open the door with both barrels blazing.
Too funny; I can almost not type this with a straight face; “raising questions about a potential US response to the Houthis attacks on Israel.”
What are we going to do??? We have been assisting the Saudis in bombing those poor people for over EIGHT FREAKING YEARS; and in helping the Saudis blockade them, causing mass starvation and privation. But I guess now we’re going to get “really mad”??