Risk of Houthi counter-attack after Israel invades Yemeni territory

Jakarta –

Israel retaliated towards Houthi managed areas in Yemen. The assault that killed three individuals angered the Houthis and threatened Israel.

Reported by Al-Jazeera, Sunday (21/7/2024), three individuals have been killed in an air assault on a port metropolis that occurred a day after a Houhti drone assault killed one individual in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli army additionally mentioned that they attacked on Saturday (20/7) the port metropolis of Hodeidah on the Pink Sea of ​​Yemen in response to the assault by the Houthi group.

The Ministry of Well being, which operates within the Houthi area of Yemen, mentioned that three individuals have been killed and 87 wounded, a lot of whom have been badly burned on account of the Israeli assaults.

Al Masirah TV, which is affiliated with the Houthis, mentioned the Israelis are hitting focused oil storage services and an influence plant in Hodeidah. The assault was additionally mentioned to have triggered a large fireplace.

Nevertheless, the Israeli army mentioned it attacked ‘army targets’ in Yemen. The Israeli airstrike was Israel’s first direct assault on the Houthis because the begin of the warfare in Gaza, Palestine. The assault comes amid rising considerations about escalating violence within the Center East.

Houthis promise revenge

The Houthi Supreme Political Council vowed to reply to the assault. “This assault wouldn’t have occurred with out an efficient response to the enemy,” he mentioned in an announcement.

The Houthi spokesman, Mohammed Abdelsalam, mentioned that ‘Israel’s brutal assault towards Yemen’ was aimed toward ‘placing stress on Yemen to cease supporting Gaza, which is a dream that won’t come true’.

Basic Yahya Saree, the Houthi army spokesman, mentioned he wouldn’t hesitate to assault ‘very important targets’ in Israel. Hamas additionally condemned Israel’s assault in Yemen.

“There isn’t any doubt that the colonial state shall be burned by the hearth​​​​ that began in Hodeidah immediately, and the rise in Zionist crimes will change the entire scenario,” mentioned a member of the political bureau of the Hamas group, Izzat al-Rishq.

Hezbollah additionally expressed assist for the Houthis and the Yemeni individuals after the assault.

“We imagine that this silly step by the Zionist enemy is an indication of a harmful new section within the battle on the stage of your complete area,” the Lebanese group mentioned in an announcement.

Subsequent: Israel’s response.

(aik/aik)