Several million Israelis in the center of the country still had to jump out of their beds in the middle of the night, between December 24 and 25, to take refuge in bomb shelters. Sirens sounded at 4:30 a.m. local time after a missile targeting Israel was fired by the Houthis from Yemen. This is the fourth shooting of this type in eight days. The Jewish State is preparing its response.
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THE Yemeni Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a new missile attack towards Israel, where the armed forces announced the interception of a projectile of the same type fired from Yemen. A ” Palestine 2 hypersonic ballistic missile successfully hit its target “, declared the Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, specifying that the rebels had targeted ” a military objective » in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv.
The Israeli army, for its part, indicated earlier on Telegram that it had intercepted “ a missile (…) launched from Yemen » before it “ enters Israeli territory “. As a precaution against possible falling debris, sirens were triggered after the projectile was fired. in several areas of central Israel », According to the same source.
Israel prepares its response to the attack
Israel is preparing its response, but the Jewish state is hesitant to target Houthis or Iran. A real dilemma which the local press echoed in Israel on Wednesday December 25, reports our special correspondent in Jerusalem, Pierre Olivier. A dilemma that will have to be resolved quickly, because the interception of missiles by the Arrow anti-aircraft system is expensive: 4 million dollars per interceptor machine.
So the whole question is who to hit to stop these attacks. L’Iranwho supplies the missiles to the Houthis? Or the Houthis, who fire these devices from Yemen? There are several opposing points of view.
Mossad advocates striking Iran
A senior army official believes that there is no point in targeting Iran, because the Houthis are more independent than Hezbollah, and that they will continue to target the Jewish state regardless. The Minister of Defense declared on Tuesday December 24 that he would not resign himself to the fact that the Houthis attack Israel, without mentioning Iran.
Finally, the head of Mossad – Israeli foreign intelligence – recommends striking Iran, to dry up the threat at the source. It is now up to the Prime Minister to decide. Over the past fifteen months, when there was a disagreement between the army and the Mossad, Benyamin Netanyahu always followed the advice of the Mossad.
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