I am in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, as part of an Israel advocacy summit. It is an incredible three-day event where hundreds of Christian and Jewish leaders are lobbying members of Congress, in both the House and Senate, to stand with Israel in the face of not only growing threats from Iran, the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah, but also rising anti-semitism right here in America.
As I stood in the Capitol building, the news broke that Israeli fighter jets completely dismantled Yemen’s main airport.
Sanaa International Airport, at least for the foreseeable future, is no longer able to be used after massive Israeli air strikes crippled a terminal and everything on the ground, including planes.
It came on the heels of yesterday’s major attacks by the Israeli Air Force, which struck Hudaydah Port, the main port on the Red Sea coast in Yemen.
If you’re wondering why Israel would shut down the airport and Hudaydah Port—both were being used as transit points for smuggling in Iranian-supplied weapons. The weapons being transferred included ballistic missile components, the very same weapons the Houthis used to spark the retaliatory Israeli strikes by targeting the Ben-Gurion airport in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
I have traveled the access road many times that the Houthis struck, coming in and out of Ben-Gurion airport in my travels to Israel. For the Jewish State, this was rightfully considered to be a “red line” that was crossed.
Israel responded with overwhelming force on Monday, striking the port as well as a concrete factory, which was used by the Houthis to build military infrastructure, tunnels, etc. Israel was not finished responding. Today, they not only completely crippled Yemen’s airport, they also struck two power plants.
A message has been sent clearly to the Houthis. Unfortunately, no matter how many times they have been struck over the past several months, the Houthis do not seem to get the memo.
Where is this all heading? If the Houthis are being absolutely shellacked and bombarded on a daily basis by two of the greatest air forces in the world, the United States and Israel, and they’re still not ceasing their drone and ballistic missile attacks… what can be done?
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Now we know why the US, disengaging from Houthis - American planes keep crashing into the sea. Someone please tell me how with all the modern technology available to prevent military collisions an American Army helicopter collides with a commercial airliner, an American aircraft carrier collides with a freighter and a American cruiser shoots down an American military jet.
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