Timing of Israel's Gaza strikes raise questions after US strikes on Yemen - analysis
Already, multiple top Israeli sources have confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the timing of the operation was coordinated with that of the US.
The new Gaza operation seemed to come as a surprise across the world, but was it? Already multiple top Israeli sources have confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the timing of the operation was coordinated with the US.
However, defense sources have declined to confirm or deny whether the timing was planned to coincide with or fall after the American air strikes on the Houthis.
The benefits of such coordinated timing are obvious. The Houthis, with their ballistic missiles, are the last Iranian proxy that could most viably threaten Israel immediately in retaliation for a return to war such as seems to be happening.
Syria’s Assad regime no longer exists, so Iranian militias either cannot attack Israel from Syrian territory or it will be much harder now – also because of Israel’s buffer zone.
But the Houthis, until recent days, had still gotten off with a relatively light price from Israel and the US for their over 400 attacks on Israel over the course of the war.
Israel had struck the Houthis five times and the US many more. But all of these attacks had been with heavy restraints, and none had targeted top Houthi officials, which the US said it has done successfully this week.
Houthis renew strikes, or have they?
So far, the Houthis claimed to launch a series of attacks against US naval vessels in the region, but the Pentagon has said that it blocked these attacks, or at least has not confirmed any casualties.
