From the Liveblog of
Friday, May 16, 2025
Katz threatens to eliminate Houthi leader ‘as we did with the Sinwars’
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Defense Minister Israel Katz threatens to eliminate Houthi leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, if the Iran-backed group continues to fire on Israel.
“The IDF now struck and severely damaged the ports in Yemen that are under the control of the Houthi terror group. The airport in Sanaa also remains destroyed,” Katz says on X.
“As we said, if the Houthis continue to fire missiles on Israel, they will suffer painful blows, and we will also strike the heads of terror just as we did to Deif and the Sinwars in Gaza, to Nasrallah in Beirut and Haniyeh in Tehran,” he says, referring to the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah Israel has assassinated and attempted to kill.
Hamas Gaza leader Muhammad Sinwar has not been confirmed dead.
“We will hunt down and eliminate Abdul-Malik al-Houthi in Yemen as well. We will defend ourselves by our own strength against any enemy,” Katz adds.
The Times of Israel Community.