...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 early Sunday morning was intercepted by air defenses, the military said.
The missile set off sirens in central Israel, some southern West Bank settlements, and communities near the Dead Sea at around 5 a.m., sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis rushing to bomb shelters.
The Israel Defense Forces shortly after announced that the missile had been downed. There were no reports of damage or injuries in the attack.
The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility, although generally, the Iran-backed terror group waits several hours and sometimes days before issuing statements after its attacks.
The Houthis — whose slogan calls for "Death to America, Death to Israel, [and] a Curse on the Jews" — began attacking Israel and maritime traffic in the Red Sea in November 2023, a month after the October 7 Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...massacre.
Since then, the group has fired over 130 missiles and more than 150 explosive-laden drones at Israel, causing death, injury, damage, and regularly sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis scrambling to shelters at all hours of the day or night. Israel has repeatedly bombed Houthi targets in response.