Overnight, the Israeli Navy struck Sanaa, Yemen, hitting the Haziz power plant. pic.twitter.com/xPEhlCMpkd
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IDF intercepts missile from Yemen, hours after Israeli Navy hit Houthi power plant
[IsraelTimes] Katz says Yemeni rebels will ‘pay dearly’ for attacks on Israel, warns morning’s strikes near Sanaa only the start
A ballistic missile launched by the 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 Americaâ„¢, 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...
at Israel on Sunday afternoon was intercepted by air defenses, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The missile, which was detected shortly before 4:30 p.m., set off sirens in central Israel and the Jerusalem area, forcing hundreds of thousands of Israelis to seek cover amid widespread protests across the country for the return of the hostages held by Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...There were no reports of impacts or injuries.
The attack came hours after the Israeli Navy launched strikes against a power plant south of Sanaa, the Houthi-controlled capital of Yemen, on Sunday morning.
The Israel Defense Forces, in a statement, said the strike hit "energy infrastructure used by the Houthi terror regime" near Sanaa, in response to "repeated attacks by the Houthi terror regime against the State of Israel and its citizens, including the launching of surface-to-surface missiles and UAVs toward Israeli territory."
Local media reported large explosions in the area that knocked generators out of service.
The Houthi-run Al Masirah TV blamed the earth-shattering kaboom on "aggression," without identifying the source. Teams were working to put out a fire caused by the incident, Al Masirah added, citing a source in civil defense.
An Israeli defense official confirmed the strike was carried out by Navy missile boats. It was only the second time that the Navy has struck in Yemen, the first being an attack on the Houthi-controlled Hodeida port in June.
After the missile fire on Sunday afternoon, Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened that the Houthis would "pay dearly" for their attacks.
"We are imposing an aerial and naval blockade that hurts them greatly, and this morning, we struck infrastructure and energy targets. This is only the beginning," he said in a statement issued by his office.
"What follows will be strong and painful. Whoever raises a hand against Israel, his hand will be cut off," Katz added.
The navy strike on Sunday morning was the 14th time that Israel has attacked the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, located some 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) away.
Most of the strikes have been carried out by Israeli Air Force fighter jets; the last strike on the Houthis, in July, was carried out by an IAF drone, for the first time.
Since then, the Houthis have launched eight ballistic missiles and at least seven drones at Israel, attacks that caused no damage or injuries.
Houthis claim missile attack on Israel, and to have targeted Ben Gurion airport
[IsraelTimes] The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen take responsibility for this afternoon’s ballistic missile attack on Israel, claiming to have targeted Ben Gurion Airport.
The IDF said earlier that the missile was intercepted by air defenses. There were no reports of injuries in the attack.