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Houthis drill October 7-like raid on mock Israeli town, including hostage-taking
2024-01-14
[IsraelTimes] Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
rebels on Saturday released a video simulating an assault by the Iran-backed rebel group on an Israeli community, similar to the October 7 Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
-led attacks on southern Israeli communities, in which holy warriors massacred hundreds of civilians.

In the propaganda clip, Houthi commandos entered a mock town of three home-like tents. They then entered one of the tents, shooting at a poster of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before ripping it down and stomping on it.

Also inside were a pair of men dressed in ultra-Orthodox garb, apparently as a caricature of Jews. The two raised their hands and were taken by the soldiers before they eventually blew up the mockup.

There did not appear to be any purpose to the exercise beyond public relations, with Israel located some 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles) away from the Yemeni border.
Video can be seen at the link.
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