Key Takeaways
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Houthis that Israel is ‘just getting started’ with airstrikes.
- Israel carried out six airstrikes on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, damaging the airport and nearby buildings.
- The death toll from the airstrikes stands at 6 with 40 injured, with the Houthis threatening a proportionate response.
Jerusalem: With strikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa and the Hudaydah province, Israel is “just getting started,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.
Israeli fighter jets carried out six airstrikes on Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. The airstrikes damaged the airport and nearby buildings, including a World Health Organization delegation plane. 6 people have been killed and 40 injured in the attack.
“We’re just getting started with them… We won’t allow them [to attack Israel] these days, today and any other day. We will strike them to the bitter end until they learn. As I said, Hamas learned, Hezbollah learned, and Syria learned. The Houthis will learn too,” The Times of Israel newspaper quoted Netanyahu as saying.
Last week, the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, who govern northern Yemen, threatened Israel with a proportionate response to any of its attacks. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said that Israel’s ongoing crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip would lead to “more strikes” and joint operations with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
