Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations issued on Monday (Dec 30) what he referred to as a remaining warning to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt their missile assaults on Israel, saying they risked the identical “depressing destiny” as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad in the event that they continued.
The ambassador, Danny Danon, additionally warned Tehran that Israel has the flexibility to strike any goal within the Center East, together with in Iran. He added that Israel wouldn’t tolerate assaults by Iranian proxies.
However hours later the Israeli army introduced that it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, prompting sirens to sound throughout the nation, and a prime Houthi chief stated the group wouldn’t finish its assaults on Israel.
“The pounding of the entity (Israel) continues and the help to Gaza continues,” Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, the top of the Houthis’ supreme revolutionary committee, stated in a publish on X after the Israeli army introduced the missile interception.
The Houthis repeatedly have fired drones and missiles in direction of Israel in what they describe as acts of solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli fire in Gaza.
Danon, in addressing the UN Safety Council, stated that Israel wouldn’t tolerate additional Houthi assaults.
“To the Houthis, maybe you haven’t been taking note of what has occurred to the Center East over the previous 12 months,” he stated.
“Nicely, permit me to remind you what has occurred to Hamas, to Hezbollah, to Assad, to all those that have tried to destroy us. Let this be your remaining warning. This isn’t a menace. It’s a promise. You’ll share the identical depressing destiny,” Danon stated.
Earlier than the assembly, Danon advised reporters: “Israel will defend its folks. If 2,000km is just not sufficient to separate our youngsters from the fear, let me guarantee you, it won’t be sufficient to guard their terror from our strengths.”
