Let's talk about the missile end first. In the early hours of the morning, probably early on September 29 local time, the Houthi armed forces fired a ballistic missile from Yemen and headed straight for central Israel. The missile flew quite far, crossed the waters of the Red Sea, and targeted Israel. The Houthis later issued a statement through their military spokesman Yahya Sarria, saying that the missile was their latest model and also carried a cluster bomb warhead, with the purpose of hitting sensitive Israeli targets. This is not their first time. Since the escalation of the conflict in Gaza in October last year, the Houthis have been throwing things at Israel from time to time, and now there are more than 200 missiles and drones. They always say this is a pro-Palestinian action, claiming to make Israel pay the price for Gaza. As soon as the missile flew out, air defense sirens sounded in several places in central Israel, and the harsh whistles sounded in residential areas and on the edges of cities. Fortunately, Israel's Iron Dome system responded quickly, and the missile was intercepted in the air. The debris fell in no man's land, causing no casualties.

The specific type of the missile, Hussein said, was their own research, the flight speed was fast, the trajectory was difficult to predict. But the Israeli military that the interception process was smooth, the radar early locked the trajectory, and the interceptor bombs were launched directly in the middle of the crash. The entire interceptor in about a few minutes, from the alarm sounded, to the security confirmation, the dust fell in about twenty minutes. The Israeli Defense Army issued a brief statement after the incident, confirming that the missile was successfully intercepted, while stressing that they had the right to defend themselves and will not let this attack succeed. To be honest, this type of missile attack in the past year has become normal, the Hussein began from the Red Sea navigation, gradually stretching the angle

The Israeli air force launched dozens of fighter jets in the morning, local time, to attack the Houthi-controlled Port of Houthi and the Ras Isa oil terminal in Yemen. This was the second direct Israeli strike in Yemen, last on July 20, against Houthi¡¯s radar station. The target was more specific, mainly fuel storage facilities, power plants and military supply points. Houthi¡¯s port was the root of Houthi¡¯s, where it not only imported exports of goods, but also combined with their power supply and oil reserves. Ras Isa was the strategic location where the tankers were unloaded. The Israeli military said the air strike was to counter Houthi¡¯s missile harassment over the past two days, including yesterday.

For the specific scale of the air strike, Israel used a fleet of F-15 and F-16 fighter jets to take off from the Mediterranean Sea, fly over Jordan, and go straight into northwest Yemen. All the fighters dropped precision-guided bombs, which had a high hit rate and avoided large-scale damage. The Ministry of Health controlled by Houthi later counted that at least 4 people were killed and 29 injured, mostly workers in the port area and nearby residents. The casualty figures come from their official sources, but Israel did not acknowledge the specific losses, saying only that the targets were military facilities, not civilians. After the air raid, the power in Hodeidah Port was interrupted for several hours, the oil depot caught fire, black smoke rose, and the fire brigade was busy for most of the day. Ras Isa's oil terminal was also affected, and the unloading pipeline was damaged, which affected Houthi fuel imports in the short term.

Houthi's response came quickly. Their Supreme Political Council issued a statement saying that Israel's strike will not shake their determination to support Palestine and will continue to act. Sarria reiterated in the video that this missile is retaliation against Israel and will be increased in the future. The logic of the Houthis has always been like this. They use the Red Sea waterway as a battlefield. Since November last year, they have attacked hundreds of merchant ships, and now they have expanded to directly attack Israel. Their missile inventory is said to be supported by Iran, and its technology is becoming more and more mature, but the interception rate is still a problem. Israeli air strikes have left the Houthi ports lame, and short-term supplies will be stuck, but they have alternate inland routes and will not be paralyzed at once.

This matter is put in the overall situation of the Middle East, and we have to talk about the chaos in the Red Sea. Houthi missiles not only target Israel, but also target US ships and merchant fleets. Since last year, the U.S. and British navies have cruised in the Red Sea and intercepted thousands of Houthi drones and missiles. Two days before the missile incident, the Houthis also claimed to have hit Israel's Tel Aviv and Ashkelon, and even three US destroyers. However, both Israel and the US military denied it, saying that most of them were stopped. The Red Sea waterway is now a pain point for global trade, with freighters detouring the Cape of Good Hope and doubling freight rates, impacting supply chains in Europe and Asia. Houthi said this was to put pressure on the blockade of Gaza, but it actually made Yemen's local economy worse, and they themselves relied on the port to eat.

The Israeli air strike, the time has chosen. Just as their action on Hezbollah in Lebanon was fierce, they hand-in-hand hit the Houthis. On September 27, Houthis just claimed to attack the U.S. with 23 missiles and drones, and on 28 said that it was targeting Israeli cities. The Israeli military felt unable to endure, direct remote surgery. Their flight range, fuel support, high precision, the strike, this operation did not lose their own aircraft. Houthis air defense system was weak and basically a hit. After the air strike, the United Nations and some countries called for restraint, but in the Middle East, the call was heard even though.