(JNS) Sana’a, Yemen, was the target of major Israeli airstrikes this week—an operation cloaked in secrecy but widely believed to have struck the upper echelons of Iran’s jihadist proxy war machine. On Thursday, an Israeli airstrike reportedly killed the Houthi defense minister, Mohamed al-Atifi, and chief of staff, Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari.

The Israeli action came after days of relentless Houthi missile barrages from Yemen—another front in a war Israel never asked for but must now fight, for its survival. On Wednesday, Israelis rushed into bomb shelters—twice in just 10 days—as long-range rockets fired from impoverished, war-torn Yemen rained down in Tehran’s direction.

Seven active fronts now threaten the Jewish state: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Judea and Samaria, Iran and the global battlefield of antisemitism. Israel must simultaneously rescue hostages, defeat Hamas, protect its civilians and withstand international condemnation.

Israel is attempting what no army has ever done: defeat a genocidal enemy that hides behind civilians, while...

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