Israeli pilot who bombed Yemeni port says it’s a message to all enemies, including Iran

Israeli Air Force pilots who took part in the bombing of Yemen’s Hodeida port last month say the images of the massive fire there that raged on for days in response to a Houthi drone that killed a civilian in Tel Aviv is a message to all the Jewish state’s enemies in the region, including Iran.

Speaking anonymously to the Kan public broadcaster, with his face partly covered, one of the pilots says: “If it wants, the State of Israel can quickly send warplanes to any place in the world, to any place in the Middle East. We aren’t afraid of anything, we know how to carry out any mission.

“I think this is a message to all our whole region, that Israel can, in less than 24 hours, reached any place and do damage that is determined by us. I think that more than seeing that port in flames, I think this conveys a message to all our enemies in the Middle East.”

Asked about Iran, he answers: “That’s closer [than the Yemeni port].”