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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/12/23/confronting-the-houthi-threat-time-for-decisive-action/
Time to Confront the Houthi Threat
(Israel Hayom) Amb. Freddy Eytan - The missile attacks by the Houthis toward Israel must stop. In no country in the world are hundreds of thousands of people awakened in the middle of the night by alarm sirens to take refuge in shelters. Since Oct. 7, 2023, the Houthis have fired at Israel more than 200 missiles and 170 drones supplied by Iran, most of which were destroyed in flight before reaching our territory. Imagine the human losses and the immense damage without effective air defense. An international coalition is urgently needed to eradicate Iran's last satellite in the Arabian Peninsula. Israel is in a strong position to dictate the course of action in close coordination with the new American administration. The writer, a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, is a former Foreign Ministry senior adviser who was Israel's first ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.