Israel is launching strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in retaliation for the group’s missile attacks and maritime blockade, former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor Charles David Freilich says.
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00:00I just want to ask you, first of all, why Israel is carrying out these airstrikes on
00:04Yemen.
00:05And as an extension of that, what do you read into the choices of target?
00:08Well, I think the answer is pretty self-evident.
00:11The Houthis have been regularly launching ballistic missiles and UAVs, drones, at Israel
00:22ever since the war began, and were already beginning to impose a maritime blockade against
00:30Israel, I believe, even before the war began.
00:34Now Yemen is 2,000 kilometers away from Israel, so there is no reason for this other than
00:40the fact that the Houthis, who control part of Yemen, are a radical Islamist organization.
00:50One of their basic goals is to bring about Israel's destruction.
00:54So this is really a matter of self-defense.