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@ War Monitor
2025-05-19 22:27:37
For the past two months, the Houthis have launched near-daily ballistic missile attacks on Israeli cities. One came dangerously close to Ben Gurion Airport’s terminal—a strike that, had it landed, could have triggered a wider regional conflict.
Israel responded with force, targeting Houthi infrastructure: airports, power stations, and ports were heavily damaged. Yet tonight, the Houthis are escalating further, threatening to impose a naval blockade on Haifa. Whether they can actually carry out such a blockade is unclear, but the threat itself is significant—and it should not be dismissed.
Israel must not wait to react. It must act preemptively. A threat of this scale should be considered an act of aggression in itself.
The only effective strategy against the Houthis is overwhelming deterrence. A strike powerful enough to shake their entire operational structure—one that leaves no ambiguity about the cost of continued hostility.
We’ve seen this work before. Hezbollah once fired rockets daily. Now, they’re silent. Over a year ago, Hamas was doing the same. Today, they struggle to fire even sporadically.
The Houthis can be brought to that same point—but only if Israel responds with clarity, force, and consistency.
Israel has the means: from crippling their communications to advanced measures like EMPs, or beyond. The real question is not capability, but resolve. Will Israel wait for destruction, or treat the threat itself as the final warning?
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