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The Houthis (Ansar Allah) escalated their missile and drone attacks on Israel as it launched a large-scale offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Between May 13 and 14, the Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel in line with the “aerial blockade” they announced earlier. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that all three missiles were intercepted. Still, operations at the airport, the largest in Israel, were disturbed and many airlines halted flights into the country.
Following the attacks, the IDF issued an “urgent” evacuation warning for three Houthi-controlled ports in the western Yemeni province of al-Hodeidah. However, no strikes were reported.
The Houthis attacked again on May 15, launching another ballistic missile at Ben Gurion. The IDF announced a successful interception.
The next day, May 16, the IDF hit back. Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets dropped some 35 munitions on the Houthi-controlled ports of al-Hodeidah and Salif, causing heavy material losses but no casualties.
Following the attack, Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to eliminate Houthi leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, if the group continues to launch attacks against Israel.
The aerial attack on Yemen, which was the third to be launched by the IDF this month, was not enough to deter the Houthis who on May 17 launched a suicide drone at Ben Gurion. The drone reached Israel, but was ultimately shot down by the IDF.
On the same day, the IDF announced the launch of a large-scale offensive, codenamed Operation Gideon’s Chariots, with the aim of occupying all of Gaza.
On May 18, the group met escalation with escalation, firing two ballistic missiles at Ben Gurion. Sirens sounded across central Israel amid the double attack. The IDF said later that a single ballistic missile was successfully intercepted by air defenses. The reason for the discrepancy in the figures was unclear, but suggested that one had hit a remote area or had fallen short of its target.
The Houthis stepped up their operations on May 19, by announcing that they will impose a “naval blockade” of the strategic port of Haifa in response to Israel’s “brutal aggression” on Gaza.
Between May 22 and 23, the IDF announced the interceptions of three ballistic missiles launched from Yemen. Two of the missiles targeted Ben Gurion, according to the Houthis, who once again stated that their attacks on Israel won’t stop until the war on Gaza ends.
The Houthis appear to be determined to go on with the current confrontation. Israel will not likely be able to deter the group or degrade its military capabilities any time soon. However, it may attempt to score a media victory by targeting the group’s leadership. Still, this won’t be easy as the Houthis have proven to have the best operational security out of all Israel’s foes in the Middle East.
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go forth, defenders of women and children.
god be with you.
the devil can take israel…
“rain down missiles”…more like “throw a few bananas at”…heheheehh
those bananas fly at mach 16 and leave craters 80 feet deep.
i hope they throw one on your officedesk at your position in the unit 8200 hq shlomo. time to finish off israels happy merchant internet troll division.
the houthi controlled part of yemen is what 6 or 7 times the size of israel?
it’s going to take a lot of israeli bombardment at a huge expense to do much, especially if the houthis are using mobile launchers.
i wish the zionist child killers would try going into yemen on the ground, but that would take men.
there are credible reports that they actually did a few months ago. according to them, a raid was carried out by a joint zio/ jewsa force 70 strong, who were ambushed by the houthis and wiped out. they were all smoked by the houthis. is this correct? t don’t know, but there was footage of dead shlomos/ amerikunts with unifotms, weapons, documents etc. looked convincing.
oh, it was all over telegram.
lots of dead muricans and heebs.
was as successful as when they tried to bomb iran just before biden left. you don’t put that many birds in the air for luls.
fucked around ✓
found out ✓
these criminal israeli armies wasted ammo to the point they will have no more left. the us and eu are running out of weapons to send to their creation that is “israel”.
the houtis are hitting israeli territory daily now. trump has decided that he won’t waste us weapons, blood & treasure in yemen. i doubt trump will come to the aid of israel if netanyahu decides to attack iran. iranian tarmed forces are several hundred times more deadly than houtis. iran can wreck israeli airfields, ports and all of israel’s infrastructure.
houthi , defending the right of life . a great people .
a humanitarian superpower, setting an example to the world.
what’s the operational defence? how to avoid the israeli spies. in my part of the woods we do that by keeping the cells in inly pairs no more.