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The Houthis (Ansar Allah) released on November 1 video footage showing the launch of Zulfiqar ballistic missiles, Quds cruise missiles and Samad-3 suicide drones from Yemen at targets in Israel in support of the Gaza Strip.
The Iran-allied group launched the large-scale strike a day earlier and claimed responsibility for two previous attacks on October 19 and 27.
Some of the projectiles launched by the group were intercepted by Israeli air defense systems and fighter jets, while at least one cruise missile was reported to have landed in the Jordanian desert. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said there was no risk to Israeli civilians amid the attacks, as the missiles and drones were intercepted over the Red Sea.
The range of Zulfiqar ballistic missiles, Quds cruise missiles and Samad-3 suicide drones is known to be around 2,000 kilometers, more than enough to reach targets in Israel from Yemeni territory. Very little is known about these systems, which were reportedly supplied by Iran or developed with help from it.
A spokesman for Houthis who announced the last attack on October 31 vowed that more strikes will target Israel in response to the war on Gaza.
On November 1 morning, another projectile was reportedly intercepted by the IDF near the southernmost Israeli city of Eilat.
In preparation for more attacks from Yemen, the IDF said that it had bolstered its defenses in the Red Sea with Navy missile warships.
The IDF said that the warships were deployed yesterday “in accordance with the assessment of the situation, and as part of the increased defense efforts in the area.” Video footage released by the Navy showed two Sa’ar 5-class corvettes, each of which can be armed with up to 32 Barak-1 or 8 air defense missiles.
The Houthis control much of Yemen, including a long strip of the Red Sea coast and the capital Sanaa, and maintain a large arsenal of missiles and drones. The group’s attacks were not a surprise. Houthi officials threatened to attack Israel on several occasions following the October 7 Palestinian surprise attack which provoked an unprecedented Israeli attack on Gaza.
A United States warship and Saudi Arabia’s air defense reportedly repelled the first attack by the group on October 19. During the second attack on October 27, the IDF intercepted projectiles over Egyptian territory.
Israeli officials are reportedly considering a response to recent attacks by the Houthis. However, no military action against Yemen by Israel or the U.S. will likely deter the group. Any response could actually lead to larger attacks against Israel and possibly even strikes on U.S. assets in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
that “large scale attack” looks pitifully small.
still impressive coming from yemen one of the poorest countries in the world, even if iran supplied.
so no mercy with those terrorist bastards…bomb this scum to hell!!
je to špatné a bude to ešte horšie.
cheap missiles and drones using up usrael missile defense ordonnance, and warplane flying time so more maintenance downtime.
hahahaha, dream on fuckhead
actually joshua, he’s not wrong.those drones are cheap. probably about on par with the cost of filling the tank of a fighter with the jet-a grade of fuel oil they burn. as far as the drone payload: i’m sure it cost a lot less than an air to air, or surface to air missle needed to shoot it down. also not a lot of external sam missles available due to ukraine conflict. which means higher cost. my dream on is for peace.
the rockets look like they use hypergolic fuel.
i wouldn’t be surprised if they are based on scud missiles.
unless the warheads can do some tricks, i imagine those can be intercepted.
the propeller driven ones seem cheap enough to be useful for a saturation attack, or at least drain the air defence.
well looks like there getting their ww3, the clotshots didn’t takeout nuff
slowly the show gets ridiculous
the houthis need to buy some naval mines form the nazi hohols and chechen hohols, and dump them into the red sea..when israeli and us minesweepers arrive to try to clean them up, hit them with masses of atgm fire.
or iran can supply the houthi with the old type limpit mines -which they have tons of – and stencil them up with ukrainian lot numbers