The Times of Israel reported that the Israeli Air Force is on heightened alert for potential drone and missile attacks from the Houthis in Yemen, after the Houthis fired a missile that landed in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt.
By Rachel Avraham
The Times of Israel reported that the Israeli Air Force is on heightened alert for potential drone and missile attacks from the Houthis in Yemen, after the Houthis fired a missile that landed in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. The IDF is presently investigating whether Israel was the target for the missile or not. This came after the United States went after Houthi targets in Yemen. According to the Jerusalem Post, a US official claimed that the US-led strikes in Yemen will last “days, possible weeks.”
According to the report, the Houthi-run health ministry reported that the US strikes killed over 23 people and wounded more than 20 others. Arutz Sheva reported that US President Donald Trump stated: “Today, I have ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen. They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones.”
“Joe Biden’s response was pathetically weak, so the unrestrained Houthis just kept going,” he added. “It has been over a year since a US-flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden. The last American warship to go through the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the Houthis over a dozen times. Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at US aircraft, and targeted our troops and allies. These relentless assaults have cost the US and world economy many BILLIONS of dollars while, at the same time, putting innocent lives at risk.”
“The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated,” President Trump stressed. “We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective. The Houthis have choked off shipping in one of the most important waterways of the world, grinding vast swaths of global commerce to a halt, and attacking the core principle of freedom of navigation upon which international trade and commerce depends.” He told the Houthis that “your time is up, and your attacks must stop, starting today. If they don’t, hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever seen before!”
The Times of Israel reported that the Houthis vowed the strikes “will not pass without response,” while Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi condemned the deaths and said Washington had “no authority” to dictate Tehran’s foreign policy. According to the report, the Houthis’ political bureau said its “forces are fully prepared to confront escalation with escalation.”
The Times of Israel reported that the level of alert was already raised by the Israeli Air Force last week, after the Iran-backed terror group threatened to resume attacks on Israel. According to the report, the Houthis halted their attacks on Israel and global shipping routes when a ceasefire took effect in Gaza in January. But the Times of Israel noted that the terror group announced last week that it would resume attacks on the Jewish state until Israel lifted its blockade of aid to the Gaza Strip, which it enacted on March 2 after the end of phase 1 of the ceasefire-hostage release deal and the lack of a negotiated extension, which would have led to more hostages obtaining their freedom.
According to the Times of Israel, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the Houthis had “attacked US warships 174 times and commercial vessels 145 times since 2023.” According to the report, the campaign put a major strain on the vital route, which normally carries about 12 percent of world shipping traffic, forcing many companies to take a costly detour around southern Africa.
The Times of Israel also added that the Houthis also fired some 40 ballistic missiles toward Israel from November 2023 until just days before Israel reached the ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas. According to the report, the Houthis also launched several attack drones at Israel, including one that killed a civilian and wounded several others in Tel Aviv in July 2024. Responding to the attacks, Israel has carried out several waves of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
