By Tasnim News (World News) | Created at 2024-12-20 09:51:16 | Updated at 2024-12-20 15:56:00
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The Yemeni armed forces have carried out fresh operations targeting Israeli military sites in Tel Aviv, vowing to continue their strikes until Israel ends its aggression on Gaza and lifts the blockade.
Yemeni army spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Thursday that a drone successfully struck an Israeli military target in Tel Aviv.
Saree reiterated Yemen's readiness for a prolonged war with Israel, emphasizing that operations will persist until the siege on Gaza is lifted.
The latest drone strike followed an earlier missile attack on central parts of the occupied Palestinian territories.
Saree said the operation involved two Palestine-2 hypersonic missiles, which caused significant damage and forced settlers into shelters.
In response, Israeli warplanes conducted retaliatory strikes on Yemen, targeting energy infrastructure, including an oil facility and power plants in Sana’a. The Israeli military also hit the port city of Hudaydah, killing nine people and leaving a trail of destruction.
Earlier on Thursday, Saree reported that Yemeni missile forces targeted two “sensitive Israeli military sites” in Tel Aviv using Palestine-2 ballistic missiles.
He described the attack as a “legitimate response” to Israeli strikes on civilian facilities in Sana’a and Hudaydah, including power stations.
“Our forces will continue to strike all hostile targets with appropriate weapons until Israel's aggression ends and the siege on Gaza is lifted,” Saree vowed.
Meanwhile, the leader of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, accused Israel of exploiting regional turmoil to advance its territorial ambitions.
In a televised address, Houthi said the Zionist regime is implementing its “Greater Israel” scheme, aiming to seize Syrian territories under a plan dubbed the “David’s Corridor.”
“The Israeli enemy seeks to expand toward US-occupied and Kurdish-held areas on the banks of the Euphrates River,” he noted.
Houthi accused Israel of destroying Syria’s military facilities to undermine its defense capabilities. He criticized Syria's leadership for failing to protect strategic assets, leaving them exposed to Israeli attacks.
“The Israeli enemy’s destruction of Syria’s defense capabilities is a blatant violation of sovereignty and represents criminal aggression,” he said.
Houthi also condemned the US and its Western allies for defending Israel’s strikes as “acts of self-defense” while labeling resistance operations in Gaza and Lebanon as terrorism.
He highlighted Western double standards, stating that chaos in Syria has facilitated further Israeli land grabs.
Calling the Palestinian cause the "foremost issue of the Muslim world," Houthi warned that Israel poses a grave threat to Arabs and Muslims.
He urged Muslim nations to defend Gaza, drawing parallels to European support for Ukraine.
“Muslims must act against Israel’s occupying agenda, which has been emboldened by the inaction of Arab states,” he said.
Houthi reaffirmed the Yemeni armed forces' commitment to supporting Palestinian resistance groups. He said Yemen’s missile and drone attacks over the past week have caused “significant damage and chaos” in Israeli-occupied territories.
Since the start of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, Yemeni forces have intensified their retaliatory measures.
They have targeted Israeli vessels in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait and launched multiple strikes on Tel Aviv.
Yemeni leaders have pledged to continue their operations as long as Israel continues its assaults on Gaza.
The Israeli war has also drawn in external powers.
In October, the US deployed B-2 stealth bombers against Yemen to support Israel, while Israel, the US, and the UK have continued strikes on Yemeni territories in efforts to deter retaliatory attacks from Sana’a.
