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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim attacks on Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer to Hamas war [The official government of Yemen did not declare war against Israel as of this point]
ABC News ^ | October 31st, 2023 | Jon Gambrell

Posted on 10/31/2023 1:31:10 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007

The Houthis had been suspected of an attack earlier this month targeting Israel by sending missiles and drones over the crucial shipping lane of the Red Sea, an assault that saw the U.S. Navy shoot down the projectiles.

This time on Tuesday, however, Israel said its own fighter jets and its new Arrow missile defense system shot down two salvos of incoming fire hours apart as it approached the country's key Red Sea shipping port of Eilat.

The Houthis, who have held Yemen's capital, Sanaa, since 2014 as part of that country's ruinous war, claimed three attacks on Israel in a later military statement, without elaborating on the timeframe of the operations and whether Tuesday's salvos represented one or two attacks.

Beyond the attack that saw the U.S. shoot down missiles, there had been a mysterious explosion Thursday that hit the Egyptian resort town of Taba, near the border with Israel. The blast, which Egyptian authorities have not explained, wounded six people.

″Our armed forces launched a large batch of ballistic missiles and a large number of drones at various targets of the Israeli enemy," Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said in a televised statement. “The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that this operation is the third operation in support of our oppressed brothers in Palestine and confirm that we will continue to carry out more qualitative strikes with missiles and drones until the Israeli aggression stops.”

For Israel, Tuesday's attack marked an incredibly rare reported in-combat use of the Arrow missile defense system, which intercepts long-range ballistic missiles with a warhead designed to destroy targets while they are in space, according to the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

“All aerial threats were intercepted outside of Israeli territory,” the Israeli military said...

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; Yemen
KEYWORDS: arrow; hamas; houthi; houthis; iran; israel; koranimals; yemen
Contra the other article in the breaking news tab, Yahya Saree is the spokesman on behalf of the Houthis, and not the recognized government of Yemen. The Houthis, as of last October, control the portion of Yemen colored green:

Given that Saudi Arabia backs the party controlling the red territory, and the UAE backs the territory controlling the yellow, this only introduces more intrigue into the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, given the various forces backing Hamas which are opposed by other Arab nations throughout the Middle East.

1 posted on 10/31/2023 1:31:10 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Maybe they did per this report. But, who trusts ANYTHING put out by the lame stream media?

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2 posted on 10/31/2023 1:39:27 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
The Houthi believe they rule Yemen, and I have no doubt their primary benefactor, Iran, has instructed them to state this.
3 posted on 10/31/2023 1:41:07 PM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

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4 posted on 10/31/2023 1:45:16 PM PDT by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: rktman

Great point! But the mullahs are behind this plan, so Israel will need to destroy Iran or be continually harrassed. They must be utterly destroyed (Damascus will need to become a ruinous heap).


5 posted on 10/31/2023 1:46:08 PM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: rktman; Alberta's Child
The very first line from that article is misleading:

"Yemen has officially declared war on Israel, Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e, Spokesperson of the Yemeni Armed Forces"

Yahya represents the Houthis, not the Armed Forces of the Government of Yemen. This information can be trivially found in about fifteen seconds on any search engine. But because the article described him as the spokesman for the "Yemeni Armed Forces" (because of COURSE a rebel faction seeking power will style itself as the legitimate representatives of the country), most people in that thread began harping about Yemen itself declaring war on Israel, when this has not happened.

(That article is but a two-paragraph blurb from the "Report News Agency", which operates out of Azerbaijan, for what it's worth.)

6 posted on 10/31/2023 1:48:10 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

I’m sure Israel would be happy to assist these retarded imbeciles to go back to the stone age. Oh wait, they already are.


7 posted on 10/31/2023 1:49:27 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver (Rrily)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Ping


8 posted on 10/31/2023 1:56:20 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
Bebe could wipe his butt on livestream with Abdul-Malik's detached head and Iran wouldn't flinch. They fear Israel so badly they figure if they stagger attacks from their waterhead brethren -- this day Hezbollah, tomorrow Houthi, the next day West Bank -- no one will notice.

Iran knows Israel could pause Gaza almost indefinitely and strategically bomb the everlasting shit out of everything Iran considers important -- including everyone above the rank of Mooselime captain -- while also authorizing wholesale assassinations.

There's a lot of fear in them Persians since Soleimani evaporated in a cloud of hot dust...

9 posted on 10/31/2023 3:06:16 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

another Biden success story


10 posted on 10/31/2023 3:19:03 PM PDT by RockyTx
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Thank you for spelling out the difference between the headlines and what really happened. There is way too much journalistic malpractice and too many willingly buying into it.


11 posted on 10/31/2023 4:22:04 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: metmom

Thanks!

The body count apparently is going to get bigger.


12 posted on 10/31/2023 4:36:07 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

“explosion Thursday that hit the Egyptian resort town of Taba, near the border with Israel.”

This is an opportunity for Saudi Arabia to get Egypt to put a hurting on those Houthi rebels in Yemen, that the Saudis and Emiratis were at war with.

Just add money.


13 posted on 10/31/2023 6:22:14 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Based on Scripture, no doubt.


14 posted on 10/31/2023 6:51:37 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007; All

Iran Mullahcracy is all over the place now VS US/Israel .

Hamas.

Islamic Jihad.

Hezbollah.

Bases in Syria.

Linked Shiite Militias in Iraq.

Houthis on Yemen.


15 posted on 10/31/2023 7:36:35 PM PDT by Freeleesy
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To: BeauBo

Maybe


16 posted on 10/31/2023 7:37:12 PM PDT by Freeleesy
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To: BeauBo

Just add money is a bad solution. Kill HAMAS and anyone supporting them is better. Fear over money. Fear retribution, either you are with us or you risk death.


17 posted on 11/01/2023 3:54:38 AM PDT by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

This pushes Israel and Saudi Arabia closer together.


18 posted on 11/01/2023 11:22:39 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Iran is up to its eyeballs in the Gaza war.


19 posted on 11/02/2023 2:33:49 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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