Posted on 12/24/2024 8:31:35 AM PST by SunkenCiv
missile crashed into a Tel Aviv playground over the weekend.
...Israeli reports said that senior defense officials, including the head of the Mossad spy agency, believe the correct move is to attack Iran directly, rather than go for its proxy group in Yemen...
Israeli military sources said the strikes were aimed at paralyzing all three ports used by the Iran back group. The targets included fuel and oil depots, two power stations, and eight tugboats used at the Houthi-controlled ports...
The Houthis began their attacks on Israel and against global shipping routes in the Red Sea last November, in the the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror onslaught in southern Israel that sparked the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
The group has launched more than 200 missiles and 170 drones at Israel in the past year...
The Iran-backed rebels have also carried out repeated missile and drone attacks on some 100 merchant vessels attempting to traverse the Red Sea, forcing many carriers to avoid the key waterway and hamstringing global shipping...
Israeli strikes on Iranian facilities, including missile factories and air defenses, have reduced Tehran's conventional military capabilities, Sullivan told CNN.
"It's no wonder there are voices (in Iran) saying, 'Hey, maybe we need to go for a nuclear weapon right now... Maybe we have to revisit our nuclear doctrine,'" Sullivan said...
Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful, but it has expanded uranium enrichment since Trump, in his 2017-2021 presidential term, pulled out of a deal between Tehran and world powers that put restrictions on Iran's nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
s/b PM vows escalated [sic] fight against Houthis; officials said urging direct attack on Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Israel would act against the Houthi rebels in Yemen... after a ballistic missile crashed into a Tel Aviv playground over the weekend.
...Israeli reports said that senior defense officials, including the head of the Mossad spy agency, believe the correct move is to attack Iran directly, rather than go for its proxy group in Yemen...
Israeli military sources said the strikes were aimed at paralyzing all three ports used by the Iran back group. The targets included fuel and oil depots, two power stations, and eight tugboats used at the Houthi-controlled ports...
The Houthis began their attacks on Israel and against global shipping routes in the Red Sea last November, in the the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror onslaught in southern Israel that sparked the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
The group has launched more than 200 missiles and 170 drones at Israel in the past year...
The Iran-backed rebels have also carried out repeated missile and drone attacks on some 100 merchant vessels attempting to traverse the Red Sea, forcing many carriers to avoid the key waterway and hamstringing global shipping...
Israeli strikes on Iranian facilities, including missile factories and air defenses, have reduced Tehran's conventional military capabilities, Sullivan told CNN.
"It's no wonder there are voices (in Iran) saying, 'Hey, maybe we need to go for a nuclear weapon right now... Maybe we have to revisit our nuclear doctrine,'" Sullivan said...
Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful, but it has expanded uranium enrichment since Trump, in his 2017-2021 presidential term, pulled out of a deal between Tehran and world powers that put restrictions on Iran's nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief.
LOL. I believe them. I believe them. NOT.
:^) Apparently Jake Sullivan believes Iran, wow, that guy's an Israel-hating a-hole. Wonder what his FR nick is?
Bkmk
As I say on every Houthi thread I don’t understand why they are permitted to continue breathing. They should have been pulverized after the first merchant ship was attacked. This US policy dates back to 1798.
The IDF has done the lions share of taking out Yemen infrastructure but the US should be doing more.
I agree. They should have been taken out by the Saudis, but they can't hit the floor with a handful of grapes. Each time the Houthi hit Israel with rockets during the Hamas war, Israel hit back hard. I think should take care of them before they finish off the Iranian mullahcracy, because after those Shiite-heads are sent to Hell, the Houthi are likely to simmer down for years. And if they are still a threat of some sort (the Iranians appear to have sent all their best stuff to Yemen) during the week or so it'll take to obliterate the mullahs, Israel would be vulnerable to a proxy attack.
>> As I say on every Houthi thread I don’t understand why they are permitted to continue breathing. They should have been pulverized after the first merchant ship was attacked. This US policy dates back to 1798.
Well said, and TRUE.
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