Israeli Haaretz: Trump’s exit from the game has left Israel mired in war with Sana’a

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The Israeli occupation appears to be clearly disappointed after Yemen intensified its attacks on the entity over the past two weeks. According to Haaretz, this disappointment stems from the US leaving the battle and leaving Israel alone to face what the newspaper described as “a private guerrilla war with the Houthi state.”

In a sarcastic tone, “Haaretz” mocked US President Donald Trump for abandoning Israel and leaving it alone to face the Yemeni front supporting Gaza. The newspaper said that shortly before launching his attack on Yemen, Trump warned Iran that Washington would consider every shot fired from Sana’a as if it came from Iran and threatened that it would bear responsibility and suffer consequences that he said would be dire.

The newspaper added, “Two months later, Trump was proud to present his first diplomatic success in the Middle East: a ceasefire between the US and the Houthi state. This agreement joins a long list of countries that have signed similar accords, including the UAE, which withdrew its forces from Yemen in 2019 due to the Yemeni “Houthi” threat and ceased to be an active member of the US coalition against Sana’a, and Saudi Arabia, which signed a ceasefire agreement in 2022 that remains in effect today.”

It said that since the ceasefire between America and Yemen, “the latter has continued to attack targets it describes as Israeli,” adding that even the international coalition has stopped working against Yemeni forces at sea.

The newspaper added, “It seems that Israel, which was left alone on the war front against Yemeni drones and missiles, no longer links, at least publicly, the Houthi threat with the Iranian threat.”
The newspaper confirmed that Israel’s approach of targeting civilian leaders and facilities has not achieved the goal of deterring the Yemenis and stopping their attacks on Israel with drones and missiles.

Haaretz said, “Damaging Houthi ports, destroying civilian infrastructure, and even eliminating most civilian government members in the Houthi government did not constitute a sufficient deterrent. As for reducing capabilities, it seems that a single drone or missile penetrating Israeli airspace is enough to prove the Houthis’ capabilities.”

The newspaper added, “This is not a war between two armies seeking to defeat each other in a specific geographical area. Nor is it a war against a “proxy,” such as the Shiite militias in Iraq or Hezbollah in Lebanon, which operate in the name of—or for the interests of—a third country over which intense pressure can be exerted, as the US does in Lebanon or Iraq.

The Houthis may present themselves as working on behalf of their brothers in Gaza Strip and condition the cessation of their attacks on a ceasefire in Gaza, but they are an independent national entity.”