Israel vows to target Houthi leaders, ratcheting up threat after missile fire

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Posted on 12/24/2024 11:08:17 PM PST by KingofZion

Israel will begin targeting leaders of Yemen’s Houthi rebel group, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday, vowing that Israel will not allow missile and drone fire on Israel to continue unchecked.

Firing at Houthi leaders would seem to mark an escalation by Israel, which has so far targeted port infrastructure and military sites in a handful of sorties in response to repeated launches of drones and ballistic missiles from Yemen. A missile fired early Tuesday was shot down, but sirens in the Tel Aviv area caused widespread panic and a rush to shelter left one woman seriously injured. It was the fourth drone or missile attack within a week from Yemen.

“Just as we took care of (Yayha) Sinwar in Gaza, (Ismail) Haniyeh in Tehran and (Hassan) Nasrallah in Beirut, we will deal with the heads of the Houthis in Sana’a or anywhere in Yemen,” Katz said, referring to the leaders of terror group Hamas and Hezbollah killed by Israel.

“We will act both against their infrastructure and against them to remove the threat,” he added while visiting an Arrow air defense system battery used to shoot down the Houthi missile overnight.

He also leveled a threat at the Houthis’ Iranian backers, vowing that “whoever sponsors the Houthi terror in Hodeida or Sana’a will pay the full price” naming a major port and the Yemen capital, respectively, both Houthis-controlled locations that Israel has bombed in retaliation for missile attacks...

Katz’s warning came the day after he threatened to “decapitate” the Houthi leadership in remarks that also confirmed Israel’s hand in killing Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh earlier this year....

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also warned on Sunday that Israel would act against the Houthis in Yemen with the same force it used against Iran’s other “terrorist arms,”

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1 posted on 12/24/2024 11:08:17 PM PST by KingofZion

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