While the American air campaign has degraded up to a third of Houthi capabilities, eliminating the threat from Yemen would require a ground effort, Israeli observers say.
Yemen
Israeli military officials believe the Yemeni terrorists do not have many functional missile launchers left.
Rocket alert at 4 a.m. sends millions of Israelis running for shelter, disrupts Knesset budget vote; IDF intercepted missile before it entered Israeli airspace.
Following Israeli air strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen, the Iranian-backed group fired a rocket that was intercepted before reaching Israeli airspace. Millions of Israelis were once again forced to go into shelters.
The strikes were carried out by 14 fighter jets in two waves, and targeted sites in Yemen’s capital and coastal area.
The strike comes after the Iranian terror proxy launched a ballistic missile at Israel.
Founder of Israel Missile Defense Organization expresses skepticism over Houthi claims of a “hypersonic” missile attack.
Netanyahu spoke in response to aerial attacks from Yemen and Lebanon.
Five people were lightly hurt running to shelters • The missile fragments were apparently intercepted by the Arrow and Iron Dome systems • An interceptor fragment hit a train station in Modi’in.
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