Israeli strikes on Houthis retaliation

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Israel is launching strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in retaliation for the group’s missile attacks and maritime blockade, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor Charles David Freilich says.   #Israel #Houthis

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00:00I just want to ask you, first of all, why Israel is carrying out these airstrikes on

00:04Yemen.

00:05And as an extension of that, what do you read into the choices of target?

00:08Well, I think the answer is pretty self-evident.

00:11The Houthis have been regularly launching ballistic missiles and UAVs, drones, at Israel

00:22ever since the war began, and were already beginning to impose a maritime blockade against

00:30Israel, I believe, even before the war began.

00:34Now Yemen is 2,000 kilometers away from Israel, so there is no reason for this other than

00:40the fact that the Houthis, who control part of Yemen, are a radical Islamist organization.

00:50One of their basic goals is to bring about Israel's destruction.

00:54So this is really a matter of self-defense.

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