Until now, partly at the request of the United States, Israel has refrained from striking targets in Yemen since the Houthis resumed their attacks.
By AMICHAI STEIN, YONAH JEREMY BOB, JERUSALEM POST STAFFMAY 4, 2025 11:13Updated: MAY 4, 2025 12:53
Following recent Houthi missile attacks, Israel is considering revising its recent policy toward Yemen to respond directly to such attacks, an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post Sunday.
Since US President Donald Trump took office, partly due to his request, Israel has refrained from striking targets in Yemen since the Houthis resumed their attacks.
During the Biden administration, Israel struck Houthi targets in Yemen five times since July 2024.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene a meeting to discuss the response to the missile fire from Yemen, with a limited number of ministers and senior defense officials in attendance.
Defense sources told The Jerusalem Post that there will be a response to the Houthis, but it is too early to say when it will occur.
Defense Minister Israel Katz seen at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2025. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
There was a temporary shift in policy, giving Trump the opportunity to address the Houthi problem without Israeli involvement, but now that Ben-Gurion Airport was attacked, this policy is being reconsidered.
After the most recent attack at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday morning, Defense Minister Israel Katz said, “Whoever harms us will be struck sevenfold in return.”
Houthi missile crashes in area of Ben-Gurion Airport, IDF reviewing incident
Three people were lightly wounded on Sunday as a result of a Houthi missile that crashed in the area of Ben-Gurion Airport’s Terminal 3.
Sources in the IDF said that they don’t know whether it was a direct crash from the missile or whether it was fragments from the missile that crashed in the area. Army Radio noted that the missile was not intercepted, however several attempts were made to intercept it.
Content retrieved from: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-852529.
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