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Sunday, February 4, 2024
Houthis publish drill showing raid on mockup of Israeli base
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A video published by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebel group shows soldiers drilling for a raid on an Israeli “command and control center” and taking soldiers hostage.
Footage of the raid, dubbed “Yemen is the Pillar Support of Palestine” according to media reports, shows artillery strikes on barren mountains as well as a squad of drones dropping explosives on Israeli and American flags, some of which are covering small structures.
Commandos, some carrying Palestinian flags, are then seen raiding what are meant to be makeshift Israeli military posts, including taking down a “pillbox” made of thin canvas, shooting down surveillance cameras and flags, and tearing apart tents meant to represent military structures, before blowing up the ersatz base.
اقتحام مستوطنات واسر جنود صهاينة.. مناورة عسكرية لقوات يمنية على مواقع مفترضة لكيان العدو الإسرائيلي pic.twitter.com/6U7PA8iBbn
— المشهد اليمني الأول (@Alyemen_One) February 3, 2024
During the drill, three people dressed as Israeli soldiers are taken captive at gunpoint, including one found sitting at a table with computers, ostensibly meant to represent the command and control center. The footage also ostensibly shows the Houthi forces killing and capturing top generals and Israeli leaders.
Last month, the Houthis released a clip showing commandos entering a mock Israeli town of three home-like tents, shooting at a poster of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and taking men dressed as ultra-Orthodox Jews hostage.
The Times of Israel Community.