Houthis Attack Israel for First Time in War
Source: The Wall Street Journal.
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Houthis Attack Israel for First Time in War
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Ian Lovett
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a missile launched at Israel, marking the Iranian-backed militia’s first attack in the fast-expanding war. A military spokesman for the Houthis said the group had carried out “the first military operation using a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting sensitive Israeli military sites.”
Israel’s military said on social media that it had identified a missile launched from Yemen and “intercepted the threat” with aerial defense systems. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.
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Houthis Attack Israel for First Time Since Iran War Began
Israel says it intercepted missile fired by the Tehran-backed Yemeni militants; in Saudi Arabia, Iranian strike wounds 12 U.S. troops
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants attacked Israel for the first time since the war broke out, after sitting out the conflict throughout its first month. The Israeli military said it spotted a missile launched from Yemen and “intercepted the threat.”
The attack followed an Iranian missile strike on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday, which wounded American troops and damaged several U.S. refueling aircraft, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the biggest challenge once the war ends would be preventing Iran from imposing tolls on ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, calling the prospect illegal and “dangerous to the world.” He also said the war would go on another two to four weeks.
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The Houthis, who were curiously staying out of the war on Iran, have just said that their "fingers are on the trigger". They said they were "ready to respond at any moment should developments warrant it". Experts have suggested Houthis to be part of "Iran's three-stage strategy" in the region.
Simultaneously, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported that the Houthis and other "resistance groups" were on full alert and might join Tehran's ongoing fight, warning that it could lead to closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the narrow passage at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula that controls traffic for sea vessels accessing the Suez Canal via the Red Sea.
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The Bab el-Mandeb links the Red Sea and effectively the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, and further to the Atlantic Ocean. The route is key to the Asia-Europe trade. If the Houthis, who have long threatened and even tried to choke Bab el-Mandeb, move to block the route, the fallout could be as severe, especially at a time when the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf remains choked amid the war.
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