A ballistic missile launched at Israel by the 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 JewsThey 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...
s in 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...
was successfully intercepted by air defenses Sunday morning, hours after the rebels claimed they had targeted an American aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.
The Israel Defense Forces said the missile aimed at Israel was shot down before crossing the country’s borders.
Sirens had sounded across central Israel, in several towns near Jerusalem, and in some West Bank settlements.
Medics said a 42-year-old woman was moderately injured when she fell from a significant height into a ditch at the side of the Route 1 highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem while seeking shelter during the alert.
She was taken to a hospital in Tel Aviv with injuries to her limbs and back, the Magen David Adom emergency service said.
It was at least the eighth Houthi attack on Israel since March 18, when the IDF resumed its offensive against Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip. All of the missiles fired since then have been intercepted without causing significant damage.
Earlier, in a statement Sunday morning, Houthi front man Yahya Saree said the group clashed with the USS Harry S. Truman three times in the preceding 24 hours, using missiles, drones, and naval forces. The Houthis vowed to keep "supporting the oppressed Paleostinian people until the aggression against Gaza is stopped."
The statement did not mention
...
KABOOM!...
s reported some seven hours earlier by the Houthi-owned al-Masirah network. According to the network, at least four US airstrikes hit the Saada governate, in the country’s northwest, minutes before 1 a.m. Some 30 minutes later, the network reported three US airstrikes on the Bani Matar district, just west of the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, in the country’s west.
The network did not report on casualties or the extent of the damage. The US Central Command has not issued a statement on social media about either the statement or the reported airstrikes.
US airstrikes had pounded Yemen overnight between Friday and Saturday, reportedly killing at least one person as the US military acknowledged having bombed a major military site in the heart of Sanaa.
An News Agency that Dare Not be Named review has found the new American operation under US President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
appears more extensive than those under former president Joe
The Big GuyBiden
...46th president of the U.S. The man who made Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter look competent, if only by comparison....
, as the US moves from solely targeting launch sites to firing at ranking personnel as well as dropping bombs in cities.
The attacks on shipping greatly raised the Houthis’ profile as they contended with economic problems and launched a crackdown targeting any dissent and aid workers at home amid Yemen’s decade-long stalemated war, which has torn apart the Arab world’s poorest nation.
The Houthis have begun threatening both Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...and the United Arab Emirates, two American allies in the region, over the US strikes. That’s even as the nations that have sought a separate peace with the Houthis have stayed out of the new US airstrike campaign.
The renewed airstrike campaign has become a source of controversy in domestic US politics after a journalist, inexplicably added to a chat group of Trump’s national security team, reported that top White House officials had used a commercial application to discuss a March 15 strike, two hours before it took place.
| The Houthi view of events: |
[HodhodYemenNews] Despite the continuous US aggression against Yemen, Yemeni Armed Forces fired a ballistic missile towards the Zionist entity and confronted the USS Harry Truman US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.
The Yemeni Armed Forces Issued the following statements:
First Statement:
“With the help of Allah Almighty, our armed forces continue, for the third consecutive week, their responsible and effective response to the ongoing American aggression against our country where they clashed with hostile warships, foremost among them the American aircraft carrier “Truman”, in the Red Sea three times during the past 24 hours.
The confrontation and engagement operation was carried out by the Missile Force, the Drone Air Force, and the Naval Forces, using a number of cruise missiles and drones.
The Armed Forces salute their heroic fighters across all branches, formations, and weapons systems as they perform their religious, humanitarian, and moral duty in defense of a free, independent Yemen and in support of the oppressed Palestinian people. On their behalf, they extend every greeting to the leader, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr El-Din Al-Houthi (may Allah protect him), and to all our steadfast and struggling Yemeni people in various governorates and regions. Greetings are also extended to the heroic fighters in the Gaza Strip, to the free and proud Palestinian people, and to all the free people of our dear nation.
They affirm that, relying on Allah, they are continuing to develop their defensive operations and confront escalation with escalation, and will not retreat from supporting the oppressed Palestinian people until the aggression against Gaza ceases and the siege upon it is lifted.”
Second Statement:
“In support of the oppressed Palestinian people and in backing their noble and valiant resistance, the missile force has carried out a military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in the occupied Yaffa area, using a ballistic missile of the Thulfiqar type. The operation successfully achieved its objective, by the grace of Allah.
Through this operation, the Yemeni Armed Forces affirm the failure of the American aggression in preventing Yemen from continuing its support operations for the oppressed Palestinian people. The dozens of daily airstrikes will not deter the armed forces from fulfilling their religious, moral, and humanitarian duties. With the help of Allah, operations against the “Israeli” enemy will continue until the aggression on Gaza ceases and the siege is lifted.”