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IDF strikes Yemen's Al Hudaydah [Hodeidah]. Casualties reported following Israeli strike in Yemen. It was also in response to ongoing Houthi attacks on Israel and the Red Sea for months.
 
IDF strikes Yemen's Al Hudaydah [Hodeidah]. Casualties reported following Israeli strike in Yemen. It was also in response to ongoing Houthi attacks on Israel and the Red Sea for months.
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Explained: They 'have been targeting the country since soon after Hamas’s October 7 invasion and slaughter. And Israel had elected not to strike back, even after a missile scored a direct hit on Eilat in March. But in the early hours of Friday morning, an apparently upgraded Houthi drone evaded Israel’s defenses — for reasons thus far ascribed by the IDF to “human error” — and exploded in Tel Aviv, striking an apartment bloc and killing a 50-year-old Israeli, Yevgeny Ferder. The Houthis declared that this marked a “new phase” in their operations against Israel.'
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"The attack is 200 km further from Israel than Tehran." High alert in the Air Force all over the country for fear of a reaction. The Americans were informed in advance of the attack, the IDF clarified: "It is  in Israeli action only."  
 
"The attack is 200 km further from Israel than Tehran." High alert in the Air Force all over the country for fear of a reaction. The Americans were informed in advance of the attack, the IDF clarified: "It is  in Israeli action only."  
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Yoav Zitun, Lior Ben Ari |07.20.24
 
Yoav Zitun, Lior Ben Ari |07.20.24
 
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hj8wvlkuc YNet]
 
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hj8wvlkuc YNet]
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After deadly Tel Aviv attack, restraint against Houthis was no longer deemed an option.
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David Horovitz.
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20 July, 2024.
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Security chiefs were hoping a hostage deal might deescalate war, including in the north. After Friday’s attack, and Israel’s inevitable response, they’re bracing for wider conflict.
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels, another of Iran’s terror proxies avowedly seeking to destroy Israel, have been targeting the country since soon after Hamas’s October 7 invasion and slaughter. And Israel had elected not to strike back, even after a missile scored a direct hit on Eilat in March.
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But in the early hours of Friday morning, an apparently upgraded Houthi drone evaded Israel’s defenses — for reasons thus far ascribed by the IDF to “human error” — and exploded in Tel Aviv, striking an apartment bloc and killing a 50-year-old Israeli, Yevgeny Ferder. The Houthis declared that this marked a “new phase” in their operations against Israel.
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[https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-deadly-tel-aviv-attack-restraint-against-houthis-was-no-longer-deemed-an-option/ TOI]
    
Israeli Jets Bomb Sites in Yemen Linked to Iran-Backed Houthis.
 
Israeli Jets Bomb Sites in Yemen Linked to Iran-Backed Houthis.
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