Yemen’s group Houthis, want direct fight with Israel and USA. 3/15 USA launch strike in Yemen, Washington sent extra aircraft carrier to region
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“The Israel Hayom newspaper reports that Yemen's Houthis have rejected a US offer to negotiate and stop attacks on Israel, choosing instead to escalate the confrontation.”
FILE.- People take cover as a siren warns of incoming rockets fired from Yemen, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty,File)
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The Iran-backed Houthis are stepping up their missile attacks, sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis scrambling for shelterin the middle of the night, scaring away foreign airlines and keeping up what could be the last major front in the Middle East wars.
“It’s like musical chairs,” said Yoni Yovel, 31, who left the northern Israeli city of Haifa late last year to avoid rocket fire from Hezbollah only to see his apartment in Tel Aviv’s Jaffa neighborhood heavily damaged by a Houthi missile.
Travelers check departing flights at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
FILE.- Houthi supporters hold posters showing Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader recently assassinated in Tehran during an anti-Israel and anti-American rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman,File)
Israel has repeatedly bombarded ports, oil infrastructure and the airport in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, some 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) away. Israeli leaders have threatened to kill central Houthi figures and have tried to galvanize the world against the threat.
But the Houthis persist. In recent weeks, missiles and drones from Yemen have struck nearly every day, including early Friday morning, setting off air raid sirens in broad swaths of Israel. In some cases, the projectiles have penetrated Israel’s sophisticated aerial defense system, most recently toppling an empty school and shattering the windows of apartments near an empty playground where one missile landed.
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Because most missiles are intercepted and because the fire is usually a single missile at a time, the strikes have not caused major physical damage, although a few attacks have been fatal during the 15-month war in Gaza as the Houthis attack in solidarity with Hamas.
But the rocket fire is posing a threat to Israel’s economy, keeping many foreign airlines away and preventing the country from jump-starting its hard-hit tourism industry.
Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea have all but shuttered an Israeli port in the city of Eilat and have prompted ships destined for it to take a longer, more costly route around Africa to Israel’s Mediterranean ports.
The Houthi strikes are also a symbolic reminder for Israel of the Iran-backed enemies that encircle it, known as the “Axis of Resistance,” and the last major holdout. And because Israel’s counterstrikes have yet to deter the Houthis, their persistent attacks defy Israel’s image as a regional military powerhouse.
“They are the only ones who are active now,” said Danny Citrinowicz, a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, a Tel Aviv think tank.
FILE.- A large fire and plume of smoke is visible in the port city of Hodeida, Yemen, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after Israeli strikes on the Houthi-controlled city. (AP Photo,FIle)
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The Houthis, he said, “are a challenge of a different kind.”
Shortly after Hamas launched its attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the Houthis began striking Israel-linked ships in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait along Yemen’s coast. Those attacks expanded to include other ships with no ties to Israel, disrupting cargo and energy shipments that are critical for worldwide trade. The Houthis said it was part of their campaign aimed at pressuring Israel and the West over the war in Gaza.
In response, U.S. and partner forces have launched multiple rounds of coordinated airstrikes against Houthi launch sites and weapons storage sites.
Throughout the war, the Houthis have also been firing missiles and drones at Israel, at first focusing on Eilat and eventually broadening attacks to include major population centers and the seaside metropolis of Tel Aviv. The launches have intensified in recent weeks.
“There was thunder the other night and my daughter thought it was a missile. She woke up and started screaming,” said Ibrahim Sosa, 53, whose home in Jaffa is near the site of a recent missile landing.
Israel has retaliated repeatedly and vowed to escalate if the attacks don’t stop.
“We will hunt down all of the Houthis’ leaders and we will strike them just as we have done in other places,” said Defense Minister Israel Katz, shortly after Israeli jets struck Yemen last week.
FILE.- Oil tanks burn at the port in Hodeidah, Yemen, Saturday, July 20, 2024. The Israeli army said it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day. (AP Photo,File)
Shrapnel marks from a missile attack launched from Yemen are visible on a tree in the Jaffa district of Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
The Israeli strikes have been deadly, with several people killed. Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told The Associated Press that Israel’s strikes focused on “military infrastructure which was used and directly contributed to Houthi terror activities, including to smuggle arms and finance their terror activities.”
Hagari acknowledged the battle would be complex. And despite massive Israeli air power, the Houthis have continued their assaults. That stands in contrast to Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran — three other enemies Israel has largely neutralized over the past 15 months.
“Israel has many years of familiarity with those enemies. There is intelligence and there is the important element of a ground maneuver, and in Yemen we can’t do that. The scale here is different,” said Eyal Pinko, a former Israeli defense official and senior research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, an Israeli think tank.
Yemen does not border Israel, and Israel cannot easily stage a ground invasion as it has in Gaza and Lebanon to dismantle enemies’ infrastructure. Israel has to orchestrate complex air missions to fly to Yemen, which are costly and limited in what they can achieve.
Pinko also said the Houthis have learned over years of fighting against a Saudi-led coalition how to bounce back from airstrikes.
While the Houthis have been active as an insurgent force for years, Israel hasn’t seen them as a priority or invested as much in gathering intelligence against them.
Against Hamas, yearslong intelligence helped target and erode the group’s forces. With Hezbollah, Israel penetrated deep into the organization, allowing it to unleash an offensive last year that detonated the pagers of rank-and-file members and decimated its senior ranks in secret bunkers. In Iran, Israel struck Hamas’ top leader in an apartment in Tehran and knocked out many of its air defenses in an October strike that left parts of the capital exposed.
But the Houthis’ hideouts, weapons and infrastructure are less known to Israel, making its counterstrikes somewhat less effective. Hagari recognized that Israel’s intelligence in Yemen was “an issue” and said the military was working to improve.
Until then, some in Israel are steeling themselves for a war of attrition with the distant enemy.
“There’s no quick fix,” Citrinowicz said. “Even if the war in Gaza ends, this is a threat that will not disappear
Israel struggles to deter escalating attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels as other fronts calm
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The rockets from Gaza have mostly fallen silent. A ceasefire with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has taken hold. But repeated fire from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a faraway foe, is proving a stubborn threat for Israel.FILE.- People take cover as a siren warns of incoming rockets fired from Yemen, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty,File)
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The Iran-backed Houthis are stepping up their missile attacks, sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis scrambling for shelterin the middle of the night, scaring away foreign airlines and keeping up what could be the last major front in the Middle East wars.
“It’s like musical chairs,” said Yoni Yovel, 31, who left the northern Israeli city of Haifa late last year to avoid rocket fire from Hezbollah only to see his apartment in Tel Aviv’s Jaffa neighborhood heavily damaged by a Houthi missile.
Travelers check departing flights at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
FILE.- Houthi supporters hold posters showing Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader recently assassinated in Tehran during an anti-Israel and anti-American rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman,File)
Israel has repeatedly bombarded ports, oil infrastructure and the airport in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, some 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) away. Israeli leaders have threatened to kill central Houthi figures and have tried to galvanize the world against the threat.
But the Houthis persist. In recent weeks, missiles and drones from Yemen have struck nearly every day, including early Friday morning, setting off air raid sirens in broad swaths of Israel. In some cases, the projectiles have penetrated Israel’s sophisticated aerial defense system, most recently toppling an empty school and shattering the windows of apartments near an empty playground where one missile landed.
Related Stories
Because most missiles are intercepted and because the fire is usually a single missile at a time, the strikes have not caused major physical damage, although a few attacks have been fatal during the 15-month war in Gaza as the Houthis attack in solidarity with Hamas.
But the rocket fire is posing a threat to Israel’s economy, keeping many foreign airlines away and preventing the country from jump-starting its hard-hit tourism industry.
Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea have all but shuttered an Israeli port in the city of Eilat and have prompted ships destined for it to take a longer, more costly route around Africa to Israel’s Mediterranean ports.
The Houthi strikes are also a symbolic reminder for Israel of the Iran-backed enemies that encircle it, known as the “Axis of Resistance,” and the last major holdout. And because Israel’s counterstrikes have yet to deter the Houthis, their persistent attacks defy Israel’s image as a regional military powerhouse.
“They are the only ones who are active now,” said Danny Citrinowicz, a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, a Tel Aviv think tank.
FILE.- A large fire and plume of smoke is visible in the port city of Hodeida, Yemen, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after Israeli strikes on the Houthi-controlled city. (AP Photo,FIle)
Read More
The Houthis, he said, “are a challenge of a different kind.”
Shortly after Hamas launched its attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the Houthis began striking Israel-linked ships in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait along Yemen’s coast. Those attacks expanded to include other ships with no ties to Israel, disrupting cargo and energy shipments that are critical for worldwide trade. The Houthis said it was part of their campaign aimed at pressuring Israel and the West over the war in Gaza.
In response, U.S. and partner forces have launched multiple rounds of coordinated airstrikes against Houthi launch sites and weapons storage sites.
Throughout the war, the Houthis have also been firing missiles and drones at Israel, at first focusing on Eilat and eventually broadening attacks to include major population centers and the seaside metropolis of Tel Aviv. The launches have intensified in recent weeks.
“There was thunder the other night and my daughter thought it was a missile. She woke up and started screaming,” said Ibrahim Sosa, 53, whose home in Jaffa is near the site of a recent missile landing.
Israel has retaliated repeatedly and vowed to escalate if the attacks don’t stop.
“We will hunt down all of the Houthis’ leaders and we will strike them just as we have done in other places,” said Defense Minister Israel Katz, shortly after Israeli jets struck Yemen last week.
FILE.- Oil tanks burn at the port in Hodeidah, Yemen, Saturday, July 20, 2024. The Israeli army said it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day. (AP Photo,File)
Shrapnel marks from a missile attack launched from Yemen are visible on a tree in the Jaffa district of Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
The Israeli strikes have been deadly, with several people killed. Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told The Associated Press that Israel’s strikes focused on “military infrastructure which was used and directly contributed to Houthi terror activities, including to smuggle arms and finance their terror activities.”
Hagari acknowledged the battle would be complex. And despite massive Israeli air power, the Houthis have continued their assaults. That stands in contrast to Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran — three other enemies Israel has largely neutralized over the past 15 months.
“Israel has many years of familiarity with those enemies. There is intelligence and there is the important element of a ground maneuver, and in Yemen we can’t do that. The scale here is different,” said Eyal Pinko, a former Israeli defense official and senior research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, an Israeli think tank.
Yemen does not border Israel, and Israel cannot easily stage a ground invasion as it has in Gaza and Lebanon to dismantle enemies’ infrastructure. Israel has to orchestrate complex air missions to fly to Yemen, which are costly and limited in what they can achieve.
Pinko also said the Houthis have learned over years of fighting against a Saudi-led coalition how to bounce back from airstrikes.
While the Houthis have been active as an insurgent force for years, Israel hasn’t seen them as a priority or invested as much in gathering intelligence against them.
Against Hamas, yearslong intelligence helped target and erode the group’s forces. With Hezbollah, Israel penetrated deep into the organization, allowing it to unleash an offensive last year that detonated the pagers of rank-and-file members and decimated its senior ranks in secret bunkers. In Iran, Israel struck Hamas’ top leader in an apartment in Tehran and knocked out many of its air defenses in an October strike that left parts of the capital exposed.
But the Houthis’ hideouts, weapons and infrastructure are less known to Israel, making its counterstrikes somewhat less effective. Hagari recognized that Israel’s intelligence in Yemen was “an issue” and said the military was working to improve.
Until then, some in Israel are steeling themselves for a war of attrition with the distant enemy.
“There’s no quick fix,” Citrinowicz said. “Even if the war in Gaza ends, this is a threat that will not disappear
Israelis and their good old jokes intercepted missiles able to reach their targets ! Only in Israel
to think that in the early days of that conflict Houthis could barely reached Eilat the extreme southern part of Israel and now they’re bombing Tel Aviv like it’s a casual thing to do !
Good times, good times....Israelis and their good old jokes intercepted missiles able to reach their targets ! Only in Israel
to think that in the early days of that conflict Houthis could barely reached Eilat the extreme southern part of Israel and now they’re bombing Tel Aviv like it’s a casual thing to do !
Many saying they hit nothing with this launch.
The issue is these cheaply made equipment are still get thru.
I think it was reported another reaper drone was down last week making it number 14 if true
they're Iran's wildcard no one could have guessed how much damage they'll cause and they're persistent and resourceful !
Man Washington gonna get a shot load of people killed if they keep fucking with them folks…
Watch them ninjas fux areound and hit a Carrier then Washington will act out tremendously
Yep ! and after it's chain reaction on planet Earth cuz it will trigger -> Iran then -> Russia and of course -> China
Man I just made a thread abs Washin attacking Iran.
Both Biden and Trump been talking about this…I’m link you in it
CENTCOM Commander’s Visit to Riyadh; Saudis Enter War Against Ansar Allah
General Michael Erik Kurilla, Commander of CENTCOM, arrived in Riyadh to meet with the Chief of Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces and representatives of the resigned Yemeni government, and to visit American bases in the region.
Kurilla met with General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, Chief of Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces, and other Saudi military commanders to discuss security issues, mutual commitment, and joint cooperation to address evolving threats in the region. They emphasized the importance of joint military maneuvers and the strategic partnership between their countries.Specifically, these terms refer to the issue of “Yemen.” It seems that Kurilla and Al-Ruwaili discussed the upcoming US operations against Yemen and the need for Saudi cooperation against Ansar Allah.
Kurilla also met with Lieutenant General Saghir bin Aziz, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the resigned Yemeni government (aligned with the Saudi coalition), in Riyadh. They focused on strengthening security cooperation, combating Ansar Allah, and enhancing the operational capacity.These discussions suggest that the United States, in exchange for providing military weapons to the resigned Yemeni government, seeks intelligence cooperation and participation in ground attacks on Ansar Allah positions.
Kurilla’s visit to Riyadh marks the beginning of a comprehensive and decisive plan to create a coalition against Ansar Allah. Airstrikes by the Israeli army and the American-British coalition against Yemen have had limited impact on reducing the operations of Yemeni armed forces against Israel. The United States is aiming for increased attacks on Yemen by forming a new coalition with Saudi Arabia and the resigned Yemeni government.
On Friday, January 10, Yemeni government security forces and Ansar Allah’s Intelligence Organization carried out a security operation in the Hanaka Al-Masood area of Qurayshiyah district after identifying ISIS members in Al-Bayda Governorate.
Hanaka Al-Masood, located in the northern part of Radaa city, the center of Qurayshiyah district, had seen ISIS and Al-Qaeda recruit several residents in recent years to carry out terrorist activities in areas under Ansar Allah’s control.
The operation resulted in the deaths of four ISIS members, including Faisal Al-Khabzi, known as Haizom Al-Khabzi, the network’s commander, and his successor, Dhaifullah Al-Masoudi.
In a controversial move, the so-called US Embassy in Yemen condemned the operation, labeling it an attack on innocent civilians and a deprivation of peace and a bright future for the Yemeni people! This statement highlights the US’s apparent support for terrorist elements operating under the guise of ISIS and Al-Qaeda, who act against Yemeni security when necessary.
Hanaka Al-Masood, located in the northern part of Radaa city, the center of Qurayshiyah district, had seen ISIS and Al-Qaeda recruit several residents in recent years to carry out terrorist activities in areas under Ansar Allah’s control.
The operation resulted in the deaths of four ISIS members, including Faisal Al-Khabzi, known as Haizom Al-Khabzi, the network’s commander, and his successor, Dhaifullah Al-Masoudi.
In a controversial move, the so-called US Embassy in Yemen condemned the operation, labeling it an attack on innocent civilians and a deprivation of peace and a bright future for the Yemeni people! This statement highlights the US’s apparent support for terrorist elements operating under the guise of ISIS and Al-Qaeda, who act against Yemeni security when necessary.
What does this have to do with Yemen?
Plus, why folks be so worried about IsIs when Washington sponsor them thru back channels?
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