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Late on February 2, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen said that they struck the southernmost Israeli city of Eilat with several ballistic missiles.
The group struck “specific targets” in the city to demonstrate its “support to the Palestinian people in facing the Israeli war and blockade,” said Houthi military spokesman Brigade General Yahya Sarea in a statement.
“We will not hesitate to carry out further military operations against the Zionist enemy [Israel] on land and at sea until the aggression is stopped and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted,” he adde.
Hours earlier, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it intercepted a surface-to-surface missile that was headed toward Israel, likely aimed for Eilat, over the Red Sea using the Arrow long-range anti-missile system.
No sirens were triggered during the interception. Video footage from Eilat showed a trail of smoke from the Arrow missile launch.
In recent months, the Houthsi launched several ballistic and cruise missiles as well as suicide drones at Eilat in response to the Israeli war on Gaza. The last attack on the key port city came as the death toll in the Strip exceeded 27,000 Palestinians.
The Houthis, who are backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, have been also targeting Israel-affiliated ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
The United States and the United Kingdom launched dozens of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in recent weeks in an attempt to deter the group. Nevertheless, this led to more escalation as the Houthis expanded their operations to include attacks on American and British ships.
by using terms such as backed by iran’s islamic revolutionary guard corps, or supported by iran, south front you are supporting an eventual intervention against iran. it is an enemy propaganda term. who are you supporting?
yep they use judeo-bolshevik doublespeak just like western media/regimes. certain things that are censored on here goes to show there is same problem in russia as there is in the west.
the grate $atan will no more directly attack iran than the little zionazi beast in apartheid occupied palestine will directly attack iran. terrorists are like rats in the dark when confronted with real countries with real armies. if the zionazi filth attack iran directly apartehied occupied palestine will be crispy in 24 hours.
the idiots in yemen poking a lion with toy rockets
did you see the airports burning in saudi arabia previously from yemeni drones and missiles? king salman did not back off for nothing. for more info on youtube: ‘tell the emir’ and ‘tell the king’. there are these tribal militia but also uniformed soldiers. together they will destroy any invader.
yemeni filths doing yemeni filths.
the terms must be: 27 000 palestinians killed by the us and the blood dollar, gaza destroyed by us bombs, uk missils, eu munitions, un pro zionist silence !!!
ya allah habibi
yemeni cannot shoot properly we need iran full send ballistics and stop playing with qatari