Netanyahu and Katz issue warning to Iran after Israelis strikes on Yemen’s Houthis

Sitting in the Israeli Air Force command bunker at the Kirya military headquarters, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz send a warning to Iran after the IAF strikes Houthi targets for a second day.

“I have said many times that whoever attacks Israel — his blood will be on his own head,” says Netanyahu, adding that he promised yesterday that there would be multiple “blows” in response to Sunday’s Houthi missile strike on Ben Gurion International Airport.

He says that the choice and timing of targets is meant to punish the Houthis, but also to send a message to Iran, “without whose approval and long-term support, the Houthis could not carry out the criminal missile attack against us.”

“President Trump said this a month and a half ago,” he continues. “I say it again today — we will hold anyone who attacks Israel accountable.”

Katz says that Israel destroyed Sana’a’s airport in today’s strike. “Whoever hits us — we will hit sevenfold,” he pledges.

“It also sent a warning message to the head of the Iranian octopus,” says Katz. “‘You bear direct responsibility for every attack by the Houthi tentacle against Israel — and you will also bear the full consequences.'”