ISLAMABAD: In a brazen show of aggressive war mongering and mockery of international law, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted to Israel carrying out strikes inside Yemen and warned of more.
Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office’s statement quoted Netanyahu as saying: “The Houthis are finding out, and will find out, the hard way that whoever harms Israel – will pay a very heavy price.”
The statement issued on Thursday said: “This morning, the Air Force attacked strategic targets of the Houthis in the port of Hodeidah and deep into Yemen.
He alleged that “after Hamas, Hezbollah and the Assad regime in Syria, the Houthis are almost the last arm of Iran’s “axis of evil”.”
According to Houthi-run Al Masirah, seven people were killed by an Israeli strike on the Red Sea port of Salif, while two people were killed and one injured at the nearby Ras Issa oil terminal. Another two were reportedly injured at the port of Hudaydah, just to the south, BBC reported.
Yemen undeterred
BBC reported, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group had launched two “hypersonic” ballistic missiles at two “sensitive military targets” in the Tel Aviv area at the same time as the Israeli strikes, and that the operation had “successfully achieved its objectives”.
“The Israeli aggression will not deter Yemen and the Yemenis from performing their religious and moral duty in responding to its massacres in the Gaza Strip, as well as responding to this brutal aggression by continuing support and striking all hostile targets with appropriate weapons,” he added.
