How the Houthi rebels defy all attacks so far-Diepresse.com
Israel attacked the port of Hodeidah controlled by the militia. But the rebels are still likely to have a large arsenal. So far, the US attacks have had little effect.
Vienna/Sanaa. The extent of the damage could not be estimated on Tuesday. In social media, a few shots after a massive explosion show huge clouds of smoke: the harbor of Hodeidah on the Red Sea is one of the most important in Yemen, here a large part of the food deliveries for the war -destroyed country arrives.
The port also serves as the linchpin for arms deliveries to the Houthi militia. On Monday, the Israeli military carried out attacks on the port and the nearby Bajil cement factory, which apparently also served military purposes. Yemeni media report more than 40 dead, but the information could not be checked independently.
The attack on Hodeidah is only one day after the Houthi attack on the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, whereby air traffic was disrupted and a road near Terminal 3 was destroyed. Since the outbreak of the Gaza War in October 2023, the Houthis, as a self-proclaimed patron saint of the Palestinians Israel, attacked, at the same time the militia is bothering international sea traffic on the Red Sea. The United States has also carried out attacks on the Shiite militia for several weeks. To date, it can be said that the Houthis are somewhat weakened, but for a long time not eliminated.
The Houthis have caused around 70 percent of the ships to take the longer route over South Africa. The Americans want to restore regular traffic with their attacks, but US media are already wondering what the previous bombardments have done. CNN calculates that the United States would have gone a billion US dollar with its attacks on Yemen in just three weeks-without any noteworthy results. Despite the killing of high -ranking military in the ranks of the militia, the radical militia resilient has shown itself – a property that the Houthis already showed in the Yemeni Civil War and during the military operation led by Saudi Arabia from 2015.
Hope for US help
The US attacks on the Houthis are also said to be a warning to Iran, because Tehran feeds the militia, and US President Donald Trump currently wants to negotiate a new nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. The internationally recognized Yemeni government, based in Aden, is bothered by the fact that Washington has no interest in Yemen himself, but only in international ship trading. « I came to Washington with many questions and now leave with more questions, » said Vice Foreign Minister, Mustafa Numan recently. The government hopes for US help in the equipment of the Yemeni army-or what is left of it. In contrast to the Houthis, the official army has a sparse arsenal.
The question arises whether the current attacks by the Houthis on Israel will move the United States to Yemen for more help-and how the US negotiations continue with Iran. Iran itself will not tire of emphasizing that the country did not equip the Houthis. However, at least a few militia’s military military parades have proven the opposite in recent years – even if military experts cannot certainly say how big the arsenal of the Houthis is. In addition, the militia is apparently able to produce weapons or at least its individual parts in Yemen.
The Houthis looted some of the weapons ten years ago by the Yemeni military when they overturned the north. Therefore, the militia has old, Soviet anti-ship steering steering, such as P-21, and Chinese products that are more modern than the Soviet specimens. The Iranians contributed the rest of the anti-ship steering core, with a range of up to 800 kilometers. The same applies to ballistic rockets, here too the Houthis seem to have Soviet and Iranian products, in addition to possible in -house productions. In addition, the Houthi’s floor-air rockets showed up for unknown provenance, but Iranian technology is likely to be behind it.
Destroyed drones
In the past few weeks, the Houthis has succeeded in destroying several MQ-9 Reaper, unmanned US struggle aircraft-the Houthis even spoke of more than two dozen destroyed drones. It was recently said from Israel that more than 40 floor and floor missiles and more than 300 drones had been shot on Israel since January. In addition, there are ongoing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.
The Houthis control large parts of the north of Jemens including the capital of Sanaa and the coastline on the Red Sea. It is estimated that between 100,000 and 200,000 people feel belonging to Houthis, both armed members and civilians.
