Attacks Have Consequences: Israel Responds To Yemen
Date
7/20/2024 9:11:29 PM
(MENAFN- Asia Times)
Hodeida, Yemen, a port operated by Houthi terrorists is burning. Israel
bombed a large weapons depot there.
The strike was retaliation for a drone strike on Tel Aviv by the Houthis, who were likely aiming for the US Consulate located adjacent to the beach. The drone missed by about 1,000 feet and instead hit an apartment building, killing a 50-year-old man and wounding eight others.
It was not by any means the first Houthi strike on US assets in the region. It was, however, a demonstration of growing brazenness on the part of the terrorists.
The first lesson is that an absence of deterrence – a failure to strike the fear of retaliation into your enemies – leads, inevitably, to escalation on their part. One of President Joe Biden's first acts in office was to remove the terror designation from the Houthis, despite their relentless attacks on Saudi oil facilities and civilian infrastructure.
With no fear of US or Saudi attack, they have escalated over the past three and a half years. With longer-range drones and missiles, the Houthis have made the Red Sea almost impassable and reduced traffic in the Suez Canal by 66 percent since 2023.
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