Bennett and Gantz swipe at government on Houthi policy, say Iran must pay the price

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett and National Unity leader Benny Gantz both attack the government for its policy on missile fire by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, saying that Tehran should pay the price.

“When the Houthis, Iran’s terrorist arm, fire on Israel, Israel needs to respond to Tehran,” Bennett writes on X. “It is Iran that finances, arms, trains, and operates the Houthis. Iran has a lot to lose; the Houthis have much less.”

“Therefore, Israel must exact a price from Iran. Only in this way will Iran understand that they should not fire at the Jewish state,” Bennett writes.

Gantz sends a similar message when he retweets his statement from December in which he said, “The solution for Yemen is in Iran. We must not be satisfied with retaliatory actions against the Houthis – it is time to take care of the head.”

“Still correct this morning,” Gantz writes.

The statements come after the Houthis fired another ballistic missile at Israel this morning, in what marked at least the eighth attack by the group since the Gaza ceasefire collapsed.

The IDF said the missile was shot down before it crossed the country’s borders.