Netanyahu warns Yemen rebels of 'heavy price' after missile attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned Yemen's Houthi rebels of retaliation after the group claimed a missile attack on central Israel.
"This morning, the Houthis launched a surface-to-surface missile from Yemen into our territory. They should have known by now that we charge a heavy price for any attempt to harm us," Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting, according to a statement from his office.
"Those who need a reminder in this matter are invited to visit the port of Hodeida," he added, referring to Yemen's Red Sea city that Israeli warplanes bombed in July after the Houthis claimed a drone strike that killed a civilian in Tel Aviv.
The Houthis are among the Iran-backed groups in the Middle East that have been drawn into the conflict triggered by Hamas' October 7 attack on southern Israel.
On Israel's northern flank, Lebanon's Hezbollah has traded regular cross-border fire with Israeli forces in exchanges that threaten to spiral into all-out war.
"We are in a multi-arena campaign against Iran's evil axis that strives to destroy us," Netanyahu said.
Source: Agence France Presse
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