Israel launched airstrikes on targets near the Houthi-held Red Sea town of Hudaydah, Yemen, today in retaliation for an Iranian-backed rebel drone raid on Tel Aviv that resulted in a fatality and revealed a weakness in Israeli air defenses.
The strikes, according to the rebels, claimed three lives, setting off a blazing inferno and billowing clouds of black smoke. These strikes, known as “Outstretched Arm,” are the farthest that the Israeli Air Force has ever carried out, according to the nation. This is the first attack that Israel has claimed in the poorest nation on the Arabian Peninsula.
According to a video message released by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “this operation struck targets 1,800 kilometers from our borders.” “It clarifies to our enemies that there is no place where the long arm of the State of Israel won’t reach.” Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a statement to explain the strikes, stating that they targeted locations near the Yemen port because it provides a “entryway of Iranian weapons for the Houthi terrorist regime and as a significant economic source for them.”
“The Houthis have been working to destabilize the Middle East for the past few months. Iran is the source of funding and leadership for the Houthi terror attacks, which negatively impact local maritime freedom, local ports, the Suez Canal, and international trade in general.
According to a statement issued by the rebel-run health ministry and distributed by Huthi media, three persons were killed and 87 injured in the Israeli strikes.
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As stated earlier by the government, the majority of the injured had severe burns. Videos from the rebel-run Al-Masirah television showed wounded people receiving medical attention in hospitals; many of them were covered in bandages and were arranged in cramped quarters.
Shortly after Israel launched a military offensive against Hamas in Gaza last October, the Houthis began firing drones and missiles against Israel.
Up to now, it is thought that none of those strikes have seriously damaged Israel, with the majority of the projectiles either being intercepted or missing the country entirely. The Houthi rebels claim that they are waging war in solidarity with the Palestinian people and that they would not stop until there is a truce in Gaza.
