Sirens of warning of an attack sounded this morning in central Israel after the Yemeni launch, the Israeli army announced. According to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) it was a ballistic missile launched by the Huthi and which was intercepted. MISCELLANEOUS Sirens sounded in the central part of the country after the rocket was launched by the Yemeni Huthi. There are no reports of injuries or damage. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed the interaction of a ballistic missile launched by Ansarullah from Yemen. Footage of the interception in central Israel has been released, showingcasing the missile defense system in action. ADVERSE — Geo View (@theGeoView) It is noted that Yemen’s Huthi Shia state that they want to maintain pressure on Israel, despite the truce agreement with Hamas. Since the beginning of the Gaza Strip war, the Huthi have launched dozens of missiles and drones against Israel and have targeted the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden ships that they believe are linked to Israel, explaining that they are acting in a sign of support for the Palestinians. Despite repeated blows by Israel, the United States and sometimes Britain against their positions, the Huthi seem difficult to contain. Coming from northern Yemen, Shia rebels expelled the country’s government from the capital Sanaa in 2014 and have since placed under their control a large part of the country. They belong to what Iran calls a “axis of resistance” towards Israel, in which Palestinian Hamas, Lebanese Hezbollah and Iraqi armed organisations participate. Unlike those, which have been weakened in recent months by Israel’s blows, the Huthi have been “enhanced and are now an integral member of the axis”, said Thomas Zinos professor at the University of Ottawa. Consequently, “they have become much more important to Iran,” stressed this Yemeni expert. The fight against Israel and the US in the Gaza war also strengthened the popularity of the Huthi in Yemen, a particularly poor country whose 30 million people are largely in favour of the Palestinian case. Yesterday Friday the Huthi military spokesman, Yahia Shari, spoke of three new attacks on Israel and a fourth against an American carrier in the Red Sea. These attacks have not been confirmed by Israel and the US. The rebel leader, Abdel Malek al-Huthi, had warned on Thursday that the end of the attacks on Israel depends on whether this would meet the terms of the truce. “We will monitor the implementation stages of the agreement and if there is the slightest breach by the Israeli side, massacre or siege, we will be ready” to act, he stressed in a speech broadcast by the Shia rebel television network. A speech “full of contempt”, in which Abdel Malek al Houthi stressed that the rebels would continue to mobilize militants and develop their arsenal ahead of “the next round of confrontation”, commented Mohammed al Bassa, founder of the US-based Basha Report. Yesterday thousands of Yemenites gathered under the flag of the Huthi in the areas controlled by the rebels, mainly in Sanaa: as every week for 15 months a people’s sea flocked to the centre of Yemen’s capital. “We are here to celebrate the victory (the Palestinians) and that of our missiles and drones that forced Israel to stop its attack on Gaza,” said a protestor, Zeid al Astute. Another, Halent al-Matri, pointed out that he supports the truce agreement, but “we will not stop until the Zionist entity disappears, with God’s help.” According to Zino, Huthi attacks may stop “short-term” after the truce begins. But, “given their regional goals and ideology, they are likely to use the threat of attacks on the Red Sea again to exert pressure on Israel” or the US.
Israel: Sirens sounded in the country’s central part after a rocket was launched by the Yemeni Huthi
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