Israel Katz, speaking at event honoring security officers, says Iranian-backed Houthi group in Yemen will be decapitated, 'just as [Israel] did to Haniyeh, Sinwar, and Nasrallah' The post Defense minister confirms Israel was behind July killing of Hamas leader Haniyeh appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a ballistic missile attack in Israel’s Tel Aviv-Jaffa area. The Yemen rebels claimed to hit a “military target” in the Jaffa area. Israel confirmed it could not intercept the missile,

Zarif proposed the establishment of a Muslim West Asian Dialogue Association to create stability in the region and strengthen cooperation between regional players…

Hassan Nasrallah meanwhile was the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah - he was assassinated in Beirut in September as Israel dramatically escalated its military campaign against Hezbollah, with which it had been trading near daily cross-border fire since the day after the 7 October attacks.

An Ansar Allah source told Newsweek that Israel "represents a danger to Yemen and to various Arab and Islamic countries."

The US military conducted airstrikes on Houthi-controlled missile storage and command sites in Sanaa, Yemen, aiming to curb rebel operations. This move follows heightened tensions with Israel and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Tel Aviv.

The United States on Saturday said it struck targets in Yemen's rebel-held capital, hours after a Huthi rebel missile wounded people in Israel's commercial hub Tel Aviv. The missile, which wounded 16 people, was the second such attack in two days.

Defense Minister Israel Katz has acknowledged that Israel killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, as he warned the military would "decapitate" the leadership of Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

In a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people, Yemeni tribal gunmen took to the streets of Sanaa's Jehanah district, denouncing Israeli and US strikes. During the rally, the tribesmen issued a stern warning to Israel and the United States,

The fall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad earlier in December has set millions of Yemenis thinking about what lies in store for their own country. Some say the fall of the Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen – who control Sanaa and much of northern and western Yemen – may be the “next surprise” in the region.

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident