Israel bombs Houthi “terrorist targets” in several parts of Yemen

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Netanyahu assures that “the Houthis will continue to pay a high price for their aggression” against Israel

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The Israeli Army carried out new bombings this Friday against “terrorist targets” of the Houthis in areas of Yemen under rebel control, in an action that it describes as “a response to the repeated attacks of the Houthi terrorist regime”, without that for now there is information about victims.

“Air Force aircraft, under the direction of the Intelligence and Navy branches, have attacked terrorist targets of the Houthi terrorist regime on the western coast and in the depths of Yemen,” he said in a statement, before stating that ” “The State of Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself.”

Thus, the military authorities have stated that among the bombed targets is a power plant that “serves as the electrical infrastructure of the Houthi terrorist regime and its military activities”, in addition to “infrastructure” in the ports of Rasi Isa and Hodeida, in the west. of the country.

“The targets attacked illustrate the Houthi terrorist regime’s military use of civil infrastructure for terrorist purposes,” the Army has argued, while asserting that the rebels “are a central branch of Iran-backed terrorism and spearhead the disruption of order.” regional and the impact on freedom of navigation at a global level”.

In this sense, he has stated that the rebels “operate as an independent terrorist organization, dependent on Iranian cooperation and financing, to harm the State of Israel and its citizens”, while reiterating that the Israeli Army “will continue to act with force and will strike anyone who poses a threat to the citizens of Israel, from whatever distance is necessary.

“THE HUTHIS WILL CONTINUE TO PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR THEIR AGGRESSION”

Shortly after, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, launched a publication on his social networks in which he assured that “the Houthis are paying, and will continue to pay, a high price for their aggression”, while also influencing the connections between the rebel group and the ayatollah regime in Iran.

“The Houthis are an extension of Iran and serve the terrorist objectives of the Iranian axis in the Middle East. They represent a danger to Israel and the entire region, including harm to global freedom of navigation. I repeat, we will not tolerate any harm to our citizens or our country,” said the Israeli president.

Netanyahu has specified that the Israeli Army has attacked “terrorist targets” of the Houthis both in the western coastal area and “deep in Yemen”, and has warned that they will continue to act “with determination and force against any factor that threatens the State of Israel, wherever and whenever.”

The Houthis had previously denounced a series of bombings against the western coast and other parts of the country, including the capital, Sanaa, although they blamed at least twelve of the attacks on the armies of the United States and the United Kingdom, which have not commented. now about it, as reported by the Yemeni television network Al Masirah, linked to the group.

Along the same lines, the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, has asserted that “there will be no immunity” for the leaders of the Yemeni rebel group, and has stressed that these attacks are “a clear message” for the leader of the Houthis, Abdulmalik. Badradín al Huti, and the rest of the rebel leadership.

“We will pursue you, we will catch you and we will destroy the terrorist infrastructures that you have created,” Katz stressed, adding that Houthi sympathizers in Yemen have “listened closely to the power of the Air Force planes.” “The message is clear: Whoever harms Israel will be attacked much more,” he concluded.

The rebels, who have controlled Sanaa and other areas of northern and western Yemen since 2015, began attacking Israeli territory and ships linked to the country in the waters of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden with drones and missiles in response to the military offensive in the Gaza Strip, unleashed after the attacks carried out on October 7, 2023 by Hamas and other Palestinian groups.

The Houthi attacks have led Israel to launch several bombing raids against Yemen, while the United States and the United Kingdom have also carried out airstrikes against the country, arguing that they seek to guarantee the safety of navigation in the area. The rebels have promised to maintain their operations until Israel ends the offensive against Gaza, which has already left more than 46,000 dead.