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The Houthis Are Attacking Israel to Gain Support
(Ha'aretz) Yemen's Houthis, the Islamist group that has shot missiles and drones at Israel and is now intensifying attacks on key shipping lanes in the Red Sea, have progressed from being "a nuisance and a headache to a major strategic threat to Israel," according to Dr. Yoel Guzansky, a former member of Israel's National Security Council and a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies. Guzansky says the Houthis have about 100,000 soldiers and "they have mastered a lot of techniques of firing missiles, and also are producing at least some of the drones they have been using....By fighting Israel and supporting the Palestinians, the Houthis hoped to gain a lot of support in Yemen and the region. And unfortunately, they were right."