Houthi-Israel War: Around Yemen and Beyond - News, Updates and Discussion

[Persian Gulf]

Do you even read your own posts?

Slight contradiction here.

that is a quote by the IDF, not my words.

"The civilian targets included power plants" is what they even admit. which part of that is a military target?

 

[Persian Gulf]

Also a warning to Houthi government that Yemen's economic infrastructure is on the line due to its anti-shipping campaign. Might also be an attempt to create unrest there. It also won't surprise me that IDF is collecting information about Houthi government and leadership structure.

Very interesting differences in US and Israel targets in Yemen

USA targets military infrastructure in mostly pre-emptive strikes (i.e., they detect drones being prepared for launch and destroy them on the ground)

Israel targets civilian infrastructure like power plants and oil storage sites (and they openly admit this too) to create big fires and punish the civilian population

 

[LeGenD]

Very interesting differences in US and Israel targets in Yemen

USA targets military infrastructure in mostly pre-emptive strikes (i.e., they detect drones being prepared for launch and destroy them on the ground)

Israel targets civilian infrastructure like power plants and oil storage sites (and they openly admit this too) to create big fires and punish the civilian population

One of the reasons for the US to be reluctant to strike at Houthi in a big way is that Houthi oppose Al-Qaeda Network of the region. The US does want this network to regroup unless there is another setup that can take care of it.

 

[UKBengali]

Does Yemen not have SAM defences that can protect important economic sites?

 

[Controlled Pair]

Very interesting differences in US and Israel targets in Yemen

USA targets military infrastructure in mostly pre-emptive strikes (i.e., they detect drones being prepared for launch and destroy them on the ground)

Israel targets civilian infrastructure like power plants and oil storage sites (and they openly admit this too) to create big fires and punish the civilian population

The former achieved nothing. Israel's strikes are much more meaningful. The west doesn't win wars any more because of these stupid tactics of bombing empty warehouses or a few drones.

 

[Controlled Pair]

Does Yemen not have SAM defences that can protect important economic sites?

They have brought down American drones and Saudi jets I believe.

But Israeli air force is too good to be caught out by older Soviet tech.