Israel Threatens Houthi Leadership After Drone, Missile Attacks Intercepted
His warning followed intercepted Houthi launches toward Israel with no reported casualties.
Overview
- Defense Minister Israel Katz told Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi that "your time will come," escalating his public threats on Friday.
- Katz vowed that the Houthi slogan would be replaced and declared the Israeli flag would fly over the capital of a united Yemen.
- On Thursday a Houthi drone fell at the entrance to a hotel in Eilat, with authorities reporting no injuries.
- Roughly two hours later a Houthi ballistic missile triggered sirens in central Israel and Jerusalem before being intercepted with no reported damage.
- Earlier in the week the Israeli Air Force struck Houthi targets at Yemen's Hodeidah port, which the IDF says is used to transfer Iranian-supplied weapons.