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IDF pounds Yemen, believes it paralyzed all 3 Houthi ports; missile fired at Israel
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[IsraelTimes] 9 said killed as strikes hit power stations in rebel-held capital Sana’a, Red Sea oil terminal; no Israelis hurt as missile downed, but debris hits Ramat Gan school, fells building
| IAF fighter jets were already en route to Yemen when the Houthis launched a ballistic missile at Israel at around 2:35 a.m. |
The Israeli military carried out a series of intense Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM! ...
s that shook Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday, in a pre-planned operation that coincided with the Iran's Houthi sock puppets
 ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth . Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s firing a missile at central Israel.
No one was injured by the ballistic missile, which the Israel Defense Forces said was downed outside Israeli airspace by the long-range Arrow air defense system, though falling shrapnel caused heavy damage in the city of Ramat Gan. It was the second missile from Yemen fired this week, along with a drone attack.
According to a statement by the Israel Defense Force, dozens of Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft participated in the strikes in Yemen — conducted shortly after the missile launch —including fighter jets, refuelers and spy planes, some 2,000 kilometers from Israel. The Houthi "military targets" were struck at the Hodeidah port — which Israel has struck twice before — and for the first time, in the rebel-held capital Sana’a, the IDF said.
Planes hit tugboats used to bring ships into the port and power stations in the capital.
… which was intercepted by the long-range Arrow air defense system, according to the military.Debris from the interception struck a school in Ramat Gan, causing extensive damage.
According to the military, dozens of IAF aircraft participated in the strikes, including fighter jets, refulers, and spy planes, some 2,000 kilometers from Israel.
The Houthi "military targets" were struck at the Hodeidah port -- which Israel has struck twice before -- and for the first time, in the capital Sanaa, according to the military.
The IAF has been preparing for this strike for several weeks, military sources say.
The projectile set off sirens in central Israel communities due to concerns about falling debris from the interception, which caused extensive damage to a school in Ramat Gan, where a building collapsed. Millions of people were forced into bomb shelters due to the attack, the IDF said.
The military was investigating the incident. In the past, partially intercepted missiles launched at Israel have crashed with their warhead intact and caused extensive damage.
The shrapnel also struck a number of parked cars in the city, which is a suburb of Tel Aviv.
The Houthis did not immediately claim the missile attack but said an important military statement would be issued in the coming hours, following a pattern of how they claim their assaults.
Israeli military sources said the strikes in Yemen were aimed at paralyzing all three ports used by the Iran-backed Houthis on the coast of the country.
All of the tugboats used to bring ships into ports were struck in the Israeli attack.
In Israel’s previous attack on the Hodeida port, the cranes used to unload shipments were struck.
Israel now believes that all activity at the ports controlled by the Houthis is paralyzed, sources said.
Shortly after the missile fire, the Houthi satellite channel al-Masirah reported strikes in Sana’a and the coastal Hodeida province, some of which it said targeted power stations in the capital as well as the Ras Isa oil terminal on the Red Sea.
It said the strikes killed nine people.
Unverified video shared on social media purported to show the aftermath of the attack, showing buildings ablaze.
The overnight airstrikes marked the first time the IDF has hit targets in Sana’a and the third time it has struck Yemen in response to Houthi attacks, including in July following a drone attack that killed a civilian in Tel Aviv.
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari confirmed that among the targets hit in the "precise strikes" were "ports and energy infrastructure," which he accused the Houthis of harnessing for "their military actions."
"With their attacks on international shipping vessels and routes in the Red Sea and other places, the Houthis have become a global threat. Who is behind the Houthis? Iran," he said in an English-language video statement while vowing the military "will act against anyone in the Middle East" who threatens Israel.
The airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen overnight were carried out in two waves, according to the military.
Fourteen IAF fighter jets, along with refuelers and spy planes, were involved in the strikes, which had been planned by the military for several weeks in response to the Iran-backed group’s attacks on Israel.
IAF fighter jets were already en route to Yemen when the Houthis launched a ballistic missile at Israel at around 2:35 a.m. The strike was set for overnight due to various operational concerns and efforts to improve intelligence on the targets.
At 3:15 a.m. the first wave of strikes was carried out along the coast of Yemen, hitting the Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Salif ports. Eight tugboats used to bring ships into the ports were also destroyed in the strikes. A second wave of airstrikes at 4:30 a.m. hit two power stations in Sana’a.
In all, dozens of munitions were dropped by the IAF on the five targets, the military said.
The Kan public broadcaster reported that Israel had notified the US before the strike.
Rebel-held Hodeida, some 145 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of Sana’a, has been key for food shipments into Yemen as its decade-long civil war has gone on. There have also long been accusations that weapons from Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
have been transferred through the port — which the IDF referred to in an earlier statement on the strikes.
"Attacking these targets harms the terrorist authorities by preventing the exploitation of infrastructure for military and terror purposes, including transferring Iranian weaponry to the region," said the IDF statement.
The IDF also said that "with Iran’s guidance and funding," the Houthis have acted together with Iran-backed militias over the past year to attack Israel, "undermine regional stability and disrupt global shipping."
"The IDF is determined to continue acting and striking whoever threatens citizens of the State of Israel, at any distance required."
The Houthis have launched over 200 missiles and 170 drones at Israel in the past year. According to the IDF, the vast majority did not reach Israel or were intercepted by the military and its allies in the region.
Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a warning to Houthi leaders on Thursday.
"The long arm of Israel will reach you," he said in a statement. "Whoever lifts a hand will have it severed. Whoever strikes [us], will be struck many times over."
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