The Houthis have raised their combat readiness to the highest possible level in preparation for an expected Israeli retaliation, according to reports in Saudi media on Wednesday. The Houthis ordered the evacuation of areas near the port in the major coastal city of Hodeidah. They have also moved most military forces to the frontline … Read more
With Hezbollah tremendously degraded, Hamas largely defanged, and Syria decapitated, Israeli leaders are now grappling with Houthis, who continue to fire ballistic missiles and drones at Israel. How to deter them? One way might be by intensifying the attacks on their assets, as Israel has already done on several occasions. Another would be to … Read more
The US decided in recent days to increase its activity against the Houthis in Yemen, sources with knowledge of the matter told The Jerusalem Post. This decision was made by the US in recent days after it deemed its policy and actions against the Houthis over the last year as “insufficient.” Sources said that … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely prefer what appears to be an IDF intelligence recommendation to respond to the latest Houthi ballistic missile attack with a direct counterattack against the group over what Mossad chief David Barnea supposedly recommended – a direct attack against Iran. Netanyahu appears to favor the military intelligence approach because … Read more
Early Saturday morning, a ballistic missile fired from Yemen hit the midst of a residential area in Jaffa, leaving 16 civilians, Jews and Arabs alike, injured. As seen from the footage of the aftermath, had the missile fallen only a handful of meters in any direction, it would have resulted in a much more … Read more
A figure close to the anti-Houthi government told KAN on Saturday that Israel should go further than retaliatory strikes and should target the Houthi leadership as they did Hezbollah’s. Israel struck several Houthi-held parts of Yemen after the Houthis fired a drone at Tel Aviv earlier in the week. The Houthis fired a missile … Read more
After two Iranian ballistic missile attacks were intercepted in April and October, Israel’s defense establishment expressed confidence in the multi-billion-dollar air defense system, claiming it had successfully established a protective barrier against Iran. Despite hundreds of missiles launched toward Israel, the resulting damage was minimal. The sole fatality was a Bedouin resident in an … Read more
Houthi attacks on shipping in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea have driven calls to the UK’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which functions as the area’s maritime ‘9-1-1,’ according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Since the beginning of Houthi attacks on international shipping last year, calls to the UKMTO … Read more
The IDF prepared extensively for the strike in Yemen. Over time, more and more targets were added to the attack, and in the end, five targets were hit, each containing dozens of components. The IDF estimates that the strikes, which involved three women from the Israel Air Force (IAF) team, will disrupt the Houthis’ … Read more
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) on Thursday published a report delving into the unique brutality of the Yemen Houthi intelligence services. The report, which The Jerusalem Post exclusively obtaining a copy of the report prior to its publication, names some of the top Yemen Houthis intelligence officials which could also lead to new sanctions … Read more
