The Israeli army announced this Sunday “a large-scale air operation” against the Houthis of Yemen, a rebel group loyal to Iran and the Palestinian militia Hamas. “The Air Force has attacked targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in Yemen, about 1,800 kilometers from the Israeli border,” reports a statement from the Israeli armed forces. Dozens of combat aircraft with the support of refueling and espionage aircraft have attacked, about 1,800 kilometers from Israeli territory, “military objectives of the Houthi terrorist regime” in the regions of Ras Isa and Hodeida, on the western coast of the country. The attacks have caused power outages in most of the port city of Hodeida, according to residents’ testimony. At least four people have died and 29 have been injured, according to the first assessment made by the Ministry of Health led by the Huthi regime.
Specifically, according to information provided by the army of the Jewish State, the fighters have hit power plants and a seaport that are used for the import of oil. “Through the attacked infrastructures and ports, the Houthi regime introduces Iranian weapons and supplies for military needs and, therefore, also oil into the region,” explains the Israeli statement.
This Israeli attack is “in response to the latest attacks carried out by the Houthi regime against the State of Israel”, after the launch of several long-range projectiles from Yemeni territory towards Israel. The last of these projectiles was intercepted in flight this Saturday by Israeli air defense systems. The Houthi rebels stated after the launch, which raised alerts in several parts of Israel, including Tel Aviv, that their target was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aboard a plane that was landing just at that time from New York.
Israel denounces that the Houthis act “under the direction and financing of Iran” and in collaboration with Iraqi militias “to harm the State of Israel, undermine regional order and disrupt global freedom of navigation.” “The Israel Defense Forces are determined to continue acting against anyone who represents a threat to the citizens of the State of Israel, at any distance necessary,” the text concludes.
In a new show of solidarity with the Shiite axis of resistance against Israel, the president of the Supreme Political Council established by the Houthis in Yemen, Mahdi al Mashat, announced this Saturday three days of mourning for “the martyrdom” of Hasan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, killed by Israeli aircraft in a massive bombing carried out this Friday against the Beirutian district of Dahiye.
The Huthi militia – or Ansar Allá (Supporters of God), its real name – is a Shiite movement that controls 30% of the territory of Yemen, where it has imposed a fundamentalist and repressive regime, accused of serious human rights violations. On October 31, 2023, the militia announced the opening of a “third front” against Israel—in addition to the one in Gaza and the one that pits Israel against the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah. Since then, the involvement of these militiamen in the conflict has been increasing, especially due to the daily attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea.
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This offensive against maritime traffic along its coast led the United States and the United Kingdom to bomb militia positions last January.
The attacks against the Houthi rebels occurred while Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon, as part of a strong offensive that has liquidated part of Hezbollah’s leadership and forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes. The Lebanese Ministry of Health has reported that Israeli attacks this Sunday have killed 24 people in Ain Deleb, in the south, and 21 people in Baalbek-Hermel, in the east. In addition, 14 doctors have died in the offensive in the last two days.
Israeli drones flew over Beirut overnight and for much of Sunday, while loud explosions caused by new airstrikes have echoed through the Lebanese capital.
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