The Continuing Houthi Threat to Israel - Zvika Haimovich (Israel Hayom)
    Israel's strike in Yemen on Aug. 28 eliminated senior figures in the Houthi leadership. The successful strike carried important messages.
    After nearly two years of activity, the new operational theater in Yemen established by the Israel Defense Forces has proven itself, collecting intelligence, including in real time, and closing a targeting loop 2,000 km. (1,240 miles) from Israel's borders.
    These capabilities must continue to develop and expand, to include targeting ground-to-ground missile threats, production sites, supply chains, and launch infrastructure.
    Moreover, the strike will now force the Houthi leadership to change behavior. They will be more suspicious, more paranoid, constantly on the move. That will undermine their ability to govern and manage operations.
    In the past 24 hours, the Houthis attempted to fire four missiles in three separate launches, alongside unmanned aerial vehicles. The threat remains. Their capabilities are limited but real.
    The way to confront the Houthi threat is through a sustained, aggressive campaign of several days, based on precise intelligence, focused on intercepting launch capabilities (similar to what was done in Iran) and targeting leaders.
    Ultimately, Israel will have no choice. Israel cannot allow normalization of a reality in which, every few days, or even several times a day, millions of Israelis are forced to seek shelter while hundreds of kg. of explosives are launched at city centers.
    See also IDF Intercepts Houthi Cluster Bomb Missile Aimed at Central Israel (Jerusalem Post)
    The Houthis in Yemen launched a ballistic missile with cluster bomb munitions to target Israel on Wednesday. The IDF successfully intercepted the missile.

Scottish Parliament Votes for Immediate Boycott of Israel - Steph Brawn (The National-Scotland-UK)
    The Scottish Parliament voted 62-31, with 21 abstentions, to approve a proposal asking for "the Scottish and UK Governments to immediately impose a package of boycotts, divestment and sanctions targeted at the state of Israel and at companies complicit in its military operations."
    First Minister John Swinney, who leads the Scottish Government, referred to Israel's actions as a genocide.
    He added it is "time for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the UK-Israel free trade agreement in view of Israel's behavior."

IDF Drones Now Kill Most Terrorists in Gaza - Yonah Jeremy Bob (Jerusalem Post)
    Drones now account for most of the kills of Hamas terrorists in Gaza, the IDF disclosed on Wednesday.
    The IDF said that the Atalef (bat) suicide drone is now widely available within the ground forces.
    Moreover, each platoon now has its own surveillance and intelligence drones.
    Some are tasked with entering structures to spy out Hamas boobytraps or tunnels.
    Other drones are used to look over the next hill to ensure there is no ambush from Hamas before the soldiers advance.
    There are now 14 IDF schools training 20,000 soldiers to handle these drones.

Israel 5 Years from Laser Defense to Shoot Down Iranian Missiles - Tomer Hadar (Calcalist-Ynet News)
    Israel could be less than five years away from deploying laser weapons capable of intercepting missiles fired from Iran.
    Maj.-Gen. (res.) Michael Edelstein, senior vice president for strategy at Elbit Systems, said the breakthrough needed for laser interception had already been achieved. The focus now was moving from testing to mass production.

Israel Has Proved that Jewish Blood Is No Longer Cheap - Alan Dershowitz (Wall Street Journal)
    For centuries, Jews have been the victims of pogroms and racist violence. The murderers rarely paid for their actions. Jewish blood was cheap.
    The murderers and rapists who participated in the Oct. 7 massacre seemed to think they'd get away with it. They took videos of the atrocities they committed and bragged about killing Jews wherever they could find them.
    But this time was different. Israel fought back and made the perpetrators and their supporters pay a heavy price.
    After Israel suffered the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, it sent a message to those who perpetrated the mass killing. It took extraordinary measures to kill every terrorist it could who had participated in the atrocities of Oct. 7, as well as their leaders.
    Yet, it's unclear whether the Israeli policy will deter future massacres, because Hamas brags that it loves death as the Israelis love life.
    Israel must treat Hamas and Islamic Jihad the way the Allies treated the Nazis and the imperial Japanese. These terrorists must be totally defeated, and only then should their cities be rebuilt, as German and Japanese cities were.
    Just as peace wouldn't have been possible in 1945 if the Nazis and imperialists were allowed to survive and remain in control, so, too, Hamas and Islamic Jihad must not be allowed to survive.
    The message Israel has sent to the world - that Jewish blood is no longer cheap, and those who shed it will pay a heavy price - is a historical imperative.
    It is long overdue and made necessary by centuries of people around the world tolerating the shedding of Jewish blood without consequence.
    The writer is professor emeritus at Harvard Law School.

Greeks Back Ties with Israel despite Pro-Palestinian Protests - Uri Roodrigues Garcia (Israel Hayom)
    A survey conducted by the Greek news site News Break asked 5,616 people: Do you agree with continuing the strategic partnership between Greece and Israel?
    77% answered yes, calling Israel a natural ally of Greece, while 21% opposed the partnership.
    The results suggest that while a vocal minority in Greece has tried to amplify pro-Palestinian positions, sometimes with media backing, most Greeks side with the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which has championed closer ties with Israel in defense and diplomacy.
    The partnership is also seen in Athens as a counterweight to Turkey, regarded by many Greeks as the country's biggest threat.

Hamas Terrorists Abuse Gazans before Cheering Crowd - Shachar Kleiman (Israel Hayom)
    An outlet affiliated with Hamas published a video Wednesday showing masked men linked to Hamas violently abusing local Gazans in Khan Yunis.
    Onlookers shouted "Allahu Akbar" as the men are struck with sticks.