Netanyahu says strikes against Houthis helping ‘entire world’

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks after Israel carried out airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen on December 19, 2024. (Screenshot/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks after Israel carried out airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen on December 19, 2024. (Screenshot/GPO)

After the IDF carries out intense early morning airstrikes in Yemen’s rebel-held capital and a key port city, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel is protecting the world from the Houthis.

“They are not only attacking us,” he says in a video statement. “They are attacking the entire world. They are attacking international shipping and trade routes.”

“When Israel acts against the Houthis, it acts for the entire international community,” he argues, adding that the US and many others “understand this well.”

Netanyahu says that the Houthis “are learning and they will learn the hard way that anyone who attacks Israel pays a very heavy price.”

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