Netanyahu says Israel will continue acting against the Houthis in Yemen

23/12/2024 6:10

Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would continue acting against

the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, whom he accused of threatening

world shipping and the international order, and called on

Israelis to be steadfast.



"Just as we acted forcefully against the terrorist arms of

Iran's axis of evil, so we will act against the Houthis," he

said in a video statement a day after a missile fired from Yemen

fell in the Tel Aviv area, causing a number of mild injuries.



On Thursday, Israeli jets launched a series of strikes

against energy and port infrastructure in Yemen in a move

officials said was a response to hundreds of missile and drone

attacks launched by the Houthis since the start of the Gaza war

14 months ago.



On Saturday, the U.S. military said it conducted precision

airstrikes against a missile storage facility and a

command-and-control facility operated by Houthis in Yemen's

capital, Sanaa.



Netanyahu, strengthened at home by the Israeli

military's campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah forces in

southern Lebanon and by its destruction of most of the Syrian

army's strategic weapons, said Israel would act with the United

States.



"Therefore, we will act with strength, determination and

sophistication. I tell you that even if it takes time, the

result will be the same," he said.



The Houthis have launched repeated attacks on

international shipping in waters near Yemen since November 2023,

in support of the Palestinians over Israel's war with Hamas.