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Israel has attacked three ports and a power plant controlled by Yemen's Houthi rebels. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that the attack was targeted at the Houthis and that if the Houthis continue to attack Israel with drones and ballistic missiles, they will pay a heavy price.
The attack started from midnight on Saturday and continued until Sunday morning. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said that the Houthi group launched three ballistic missiles targeting Israel and one of them was destroyed. The Israeli military installed a radar system on the ship by the Houthi rebel group It has been claiming that it is tracking ships traveling through the Red Sea.
According to CNN, The Houthi army also confirmed the Israeli attack and claimed that it was destroyed by the air defense system . According to the Associated Press, the Houthi rebels attacked a Greek-owned ship moving through the Red Sea.
Stretching between Africa and the Middle East, the Red Sea connects the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea. The 2250 km long and 355 km wide Red Sea is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea to the north. It is also the shortest sea route between Asia and Europe.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti borders the area of the Red Sea is 438,000 square kilometers. As it is one of the world's major waterways used to transport goods between Europe and Asia, the world is interested in the activities of the Houthis.
The Associated Press reported that the latest Israeli attack came after Houthi rebels targeted a cargo ship moving through the Red Sea. The Associated Press has mentioned that the latest attacks by the Houthis may be of interest to the US and Western powers. Since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict last October, Yemen's Houthi rebels have been aggressive towards Israel and its close allies, including the United States and the UK. On November 14, for the first time, the leader of the Houthi group, Abdul, announced that Israeli ships passing through the Red Sea would be stopped.
After that, on November 19, the Houthis seized the Israeli-owned cargo ship Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea using military helicopters. At that time, 22 people were also taken hostage. After this incident, the distance between Israel and the Houthis has been increasing. The Houthi rebels have been attacking American cargo ships moving through the Red Sea from time to time. In response to this, the US military launched air strikes targeting more than 800 Houthi rebel areas in Yemen last May.
Hussein al-Houthi, a minority Zaidi (under Shia Muslim) sect in the north-western part of Yemen, founded 'Ansar Allah' in the 1990s. Ansar Allah, a Yemeni armed political and rebel group, fought for the independence of its region in northern Yemen under the leadership of Hussein. After Hussain was killed during the war in 2004, Ansar Allah was renamed 'Houthi'. The current leader of this group is Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the brother of Hussain.
In October 2023, Israel is fighting with Hamas in Ganja, along with Houthi rebels and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group have been attacking Israel . According to Reuters, since the last one month, Israel had targeted Houthi attacks. The latest incident took place against the backdrop of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with US President Donald Trump.
