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2024-12-13 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF intercepts two drones from Iran’s proxies; no damage or casualties
[IsraelTimes] Sirens sound in southern Israel throughout the morning due to UAVs and apparent false alarms

The Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday that a drone launched from 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 intercepted over the Red Sea, near Israel’s southernmost city of Eilat.

The drone did not enter Israeli airspace, the military said.

Earlier on Thursday, another drone heading to Israel from the east was intercepted by the Israeli Air Force over southern Israel, the military said.

There were no injuries in that incident either, and sirens did not sound in any towns. The IDF said alerts were activated in relevant areas "according to protocol."

The IDF has described past attacks from Yemen and Iraq as being launched "from the east."

Separately, the IDF said suspected drone infiltration sirens in southern Israel earlier in the morning were apparently false alarms.

In recent days, Yemen’s 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 have fired a number of drones at Israel, one of which hit an apartment building in Yavne after the IDF failed to recognize it as a threat. The drone caused damage to property but no injuries.

The Houthis, part of Iran’s "Axis of Resistance®" against Israel and the United States,
…the only part that’s still even marginally effective, mostly because they were never more than marginally effective and therefore low on Israel and America’s priority lists…
have fired hundreds of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones at Israel since the outbreak of 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 oppression and disproportionate response...
war, one of which killed a man in Tel Aviv.

That ongoing conflict began on October 7, 2023, when the Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
terror group led a massive cross-border attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage.

Israel has twice bombed Houthi targets in retaliation for their attacks.

The Houthis have also waged a harassment campaign against shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden during the Gaza war, severely disrupting the vital trade route.

They have targeted more than 80 merchant vessels with missiles and drones since the war in Gaza started last October,
…actually hitting a few of them, significantly damaging even fewer…
including seizing one vessel and sinking two in a campaign that also killed four sailors. Other missiles and drones have either been intercepted by a US-led coalition in the Red Sea or failed to reach their targets, which have included Western military vessels.

The rebels maintain that they target ships linked to Israel, the US, or the United Kingdom to force an end to Israel’s campaign against the Hamas terror group in Gaza. However,
a lie repeated often enough remains a lie...
many of the ships attacked have had little or no connection to the conflict, including some bound for Iran.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-12-13 2024-12-13 00:17|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top
 File under: Houthis 

#1 In Lebanon and Gaza: IDF locates weapons caches, tunnels, eliminates terrorists
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-12-13 07:17||   2024-12-13 07:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Houthis are in "use it or lose it" mode since their suppliers in Tehran are facing setbacks all over and may not even exist soon
Posted by Frank G 2024-12-13 08:25||   2024-12-13 08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 An Iranian proxy,
Showing some moxie,
Fired some drones, just a pair.
No damage was done.
It was all in good fun,
Out in the fresh morning air.
Posted by SteveS 2024-12-13 10:58||   2024-12-13 10:58|| Front Page Top

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