The front with Yemen is literally on fire.

Israel responded to the drone launched by the Houthis in the heart of Tel Aviv which killed one person: after the first reports from the Arab media of raids, explosions and a large fire in the Yemeni port of Hodeida, confirmation from the IDF arrived. Israeli warplanes hit "targets of the Houthi terrorist regime", announced the military spokesperson, explaining that the raids "were decided in response to the 200 attacks conducted against Israel in recent months".

The former Yemeni rebels, who speak of deaths and injuries, have already threatened retaliation, but Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu thundered: "Let's fight Iran and its metastases." Israeli TV reported that security cabinet ministers were summoned and approved the operation in Yemen in a meeting that began in the early afternoon, an extremely unusual meeting on Shabbat but evidently not postponable. Israel informed the United States before the operation, as well as other allies, and "presumably" also Egypt and other countries in the region that were not "supposed to be surprised by the raids", explained Channel 12, underlining that Israeli ministers are were informed of the "possibility of a significant response" from Israel's enemies.

Which was actually announced shortly on the social networks of one of the members of the pro-Iranian Houthi government Mohammed al-Bukhaiti : «The Israeli attacks on Hodeida, controlled by the Houthis, will be met with an escalation. Israel will pay the price." “The fire of Hodeida will consume Israel,” Hamas warned while the Lebanese Hezbollah announced “a new phase” of the conflict. After the fact, Netanyahu intervened directly, first with a statement released by his office to say that he followed the attack directly, then on TV: «Anyone who wishes to see a stable and secure Middle East should oppose the Iranian axis of evil and support Israel's fight against Iran and its metastasis: in Yemen, in Gaza, in Lebanon, everywhere,” he said. «This operation hit targets 1,800 km from our borders. It makes it clear to our enemies that there is no place the long arm of the State of Israel cannot reach."

Plans for Israel's attack in Yemen were drawn up in advance - Israeli TV reported - and were updated after the drone strike over Tel Aviv. The IDF said that the raids were aimed at preventing the Houthis from importing Iranian weapons into the port of Hodeida which Israel therefore considers a "legitimate military objective". The attack - the IDF underlined - was conducted exclusively by Israel.

Gallant spoke on the operation: «The fire burning in Hodeida can be seen throughout the Middle East and the meaning is clear. The Houthis have attacked us more than 200 times. The first time they harmed an Israeli citizen, we hit them. The blood of Israeli citizens has a price." The alert is now at maximum in Israel. Starting from the Lebanese front where a salvo of 45 rockets had been fired that day which caused fires in Israeli territory, but no casualties. While the army engaged in the Strip has announced that in the last week more than 150 terrorists were killed during an operation in the city of Gaza, where Hamas equipment, intelligence material and an underground site for the production of weapons.

(Unioneonline/D)

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