Houthi official Hezam al-Asad posts a threat in Hebrew on X, warning Israelis: “As long as children in Gaza are being killed every day, the Zionists will not be allowed to sleep.”
In recent days, as the Iran-backed Yemeni rebels have stepped up their attacks on Israel, al-Asad has posted several mocking messages to X, some of them in Hebrew.
Millions of Israelis have been sent running for shelter in the middle of the night by missiles and drones fired from Yemen over the past two weeks.
In the most recent such attack, Israeli air defenses intercepted a missile fired from Yemen that triggered sirens in the Jerusalem, southern West Bank and Dead Sea areas early Saturday morning,
The Houthis, a rebel group dedicated to the destruction of Israel and Jews, have launched more than 200 missiles and 170 drones at Israel in the past year, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The vast majority did not reach Israel or were intercepted by the military or Israel’s allies in the region.
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