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Israel’s military launched deadly strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen early Thursday, just hours after the Iran-backed militant group’s latest attack on Israel. Nine people were killed and ...
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel launched strikes against ports and energy infrastructure in Houthi-held parts of Yemen early on Thursday and threatened more attacks against the Iran-aligned ...
Israeli airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, and Red Sea port city Hodeida left energy facilities ablaze in response to missiles launched earlier by the Houthis.
Since 12 January 2024, the United States of America and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, [13] have launched a series of cruise missile and airstrikes, codenamed Operation Poseidon Archer, against the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) in Yemen in response to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. [14]
The flag of Yemen, a nationalist symbol, is often used by Houthis alongside their slogan banner. Modeled on a motto from revolutionary Iran (although first used in North Korea during the Korean War), [1] [2] [3] the slogan "Allah is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, A Curse Upon the Jews, Victory to Islam" was originally not tied to the Houthi movement.
The strikes came less than two hours after a missile fired from Yemen was intercepted over central Israel. A school and several cars were damaged in Ramat Gan on the edge of Tel Aviv.
The Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, stated that the aircraft was a new drone type, named "Jaffa" that was able to fly "undetected through Israel's extensive air defence systems." [ 5 ] The drone is suspected by the IDF to have been an Iranian-made Samad-3 modified by the Houthis to carry more fuel (for a longer range) in exchange for ...
The attack against the destroyers on Monday marks the latest Houthi attack on Navy warships off the coast of Yemen. In late September, US forces fended off a similarly complex missile and drone ...