Israel threatens Huthi rebels with retaliation

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Israel threatens Huthi rebels with retaliation

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According to official information, Israeli missile defense has intercepted 86 percent of the ballistic rockets fired from the enemy country during the recent war. Improved versions of the ARROW missile defense defense have been integrated into the multi -stage defense system in recent months, the last of them only one week before the start of the war, the Ministry of Defense said.

Israel had attacked Iran on June 13 and bombed goals nationwide. As a reason, the government led the threat of Iran’s controversial nuclear program and the rocket arsenal. Iran reacted with rocket and drone attacks. Massive destruction were caused in both countries. According to official information, more than 900 people were killed in Iran. The Hrana human rights network based in the United States reported almost 1,200 deaths. 28 died in Israel. In the meantime, a ceasefire applies.

According to US insiders, the Iranian military loaded seamins on ships in the Persian Golf last month. This step in Washington has increased concern that Tehran prepares a blockade of the Hormus street after the Israeli attacks on targets in Iran. The preparations that have not yet been reported were discovered by US secret services. Some time after the Israeli rocket attack on Iran, they took place on the night of June 13, said the two insiders who wanted to remain anonymous. Ultimately, the mines were not used in the sea.

The loading, about which has not yet been reported, indicates that Tehran could have meant one of the world’s busiest shipping routes in the world seriously. Such a step would have further exacerbated the already escalating conflict and significantly impaired world trade. The street of Hormus passes about a fifth of global oil and gas deliveries. A blockade would probably have led to an increase in global energy prices.

Reuters could not find out when Tehran was said to have loaded the mines during the Israeli-Iranian air war. It is also unclear whether the mines have now been unloaded again. According to the insiders, the US government does not rule out that loading the mines may have been a deception. The Iranians may have made the preparations to convince Washington that they were serious about the end of the sea without actually intended. The Iranian military could also simply have made the necessary preparations in the event that the Iranian leadership would give the order.

According to army, Israeli air defense has intercepted a rocket fired from Yemen on Israel. Previously there were rocket alarm in several areas in Israel, the army said. Alarm was also triggered in the Tel Aviv area and in Jerusalem. The Huthi militia in Yemen allied with the Iran said on Telegram that the aim of the rocket attack was Ben Gurion Airport at Tel Aviv. In addition, drones towards “three sensitive” destinations were sent in Israel.

The Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz then threatened that the militia would give the same fate as Iran. “After we hit the snake head in Tehran, we will also beat the Huthi in Yemen,” said Katz, according to his office. “Whoever raises their hand against Israel – the hand is cut off.”