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Arabia

Houthis report launching ballistic missiles at Israel

2023-11-01

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Yemen's Houthi rebels from the Shiite group Ansar Allah launched a large number of drones and ballistic missiles into Israel, the organization's spokesman Yahya Saria said on October 31 on Al Masirah TV.

“Our armed forces launched a large batch

...where large batch means two or three, or possibly as many as five?

of ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as a large number of drones at various enemy targets ,” he said.

Saria added that the Houthis intend to continue to strike targets in Israel until it stops its aggressive actions.

On the morning of October 31, Israel reported the interception of a drone near the city of Eilat. According to preliminary data, it was launched from Yemen. The drone did not manage to reach Israeli territory.

The Ansar Allah group announced on October 13 that it was ready to support the Palestinians and fight against Israel. On October 20, it became known that the US Navy destroyer Carney intercepted cruise missiles and drones fired from Yemen over the northern Red Sea. American sailors assumed that they were launched towards Israel.

Meanwhile, on October 31, the Israel Defense Forces announced that fierce fighting had begun in the Gaza Strip with members of the Palestinian Hamas movement. According to the Israeli military, they managed to kill dozens of militants.

The escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict began on October 7. The Palestinian radical movement Hamas attacked Israel with several thousand rockets, calling it Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

It’s a really, really clever name because in the end a great many Gazans and Hamas allies will end up drowned... or drowning-equivalent.

In response, the Israeli authorities launched Operation Iron Swords,

...the Israelis don’t feel a need to be nearly as poetic, for some reason...

during which the IDF regained control over all settlements previously captured by Hamas.

The Israel Defense Forces began carrying out airstrikes against targets, including civilians, in Gaza. Israeli authorities announced a complete blockade of the enclave and called on Palestinians to move from the north of Gaza to the south. About one million people must leave their homes.

Posted by:badanov

#1 ...Y'know, Big Daddy didn't think the Israelis could reach out and touch Entebbe Airport.

Just sayin'.

Mike

Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-11-01 09:29

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