(December 9, 2023)
Archiv: West Asia War / 1-04-2024 Israeli airstrike on Iranian embassy in Syria / 14-04-2024 Iranian airstrike on Israel / Lebanon Invasion / Syria Invasion / Yemen War / Iran War (scenario)
Trump repeatedly bypasses Netanyahu, stoking dismay among Israelis
“It’s disconcerting,” said Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington.
“It’s total panic,” said Shalom Lipner, a former Netanyahu aide and a fellow at the Atlantic Council, describing the mood in Jerusalem.
Trump’s Middle East trip leaves Netanyahu watching from the sidelines again
The White House has called it a “historic return to the Middle East” and promised “a shared vision of stability, opportunity and mutual respect.” Israel is once again not on the itinerary. And after Trump blindsided Israel several times already – announcing talks with Iran, a deal with Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and direct talks with Hamas – Israeli officials are concerned another surprise could be coming.
Trump says he is not planning to visit Israel as part of upcoming trip
(May 6, 2025)
While the White House has never confirmed that Israel would be part of his upcoming trip, there have been widespread rumors in diplomatic and national security circles that he would extend his trip to visit the U.S. ally.
LIVE: Israeli forces attack Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Gaza in one day
Israel has attacked Yemen, Lebanon and Syria, as well as Gaza, where air raids killed at least 54 people on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza’s more than 2 million people “will be moved” in a new ground offensive as Israel’s total blockade on the enclave reaches 65 days.
Scoop: Hegseth plans Israel visit ahead of Trump‘s Middle East trip
Driving the news: Hegseth will arrive in Israel on May 12 and meet with his counterpart Israel Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
– Hegseth will then travel to Saudi Arabia to join Trump‘s trip to the Gulf.
– Trump will also visit Qatar and the UAE but is not currently expected to visit Israel.
Hegseth Threatens Iran Over Yemen
(May 1, 2025)
While the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, are aligned with Iran, the Yemeni group has its own domestic missile and drone program, meaning they’re not reliant on Tehran for military support. This has been acknowledged by US officials, including President Trump.
“They’re experts on missiles. I mean, they actually make missiles. Nobody thought that, but they make missiles. It’s highly sophisticated,” President Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in early April.
In March, The Washington Post, citing US officials, reported that the Houthis have “established their own substantial, independent weapons production capability.”
The Houthis also operate independently and aren’t likely to take orders from Tehran.
Israel fails to intercept Houthi missile, vows harsh response
The IDF wasn’t more specific on what fell. A military spokesman for the Houthis said the group had fired a ballistic missile, and warned airlines against flying into Ben Gurion.
Most of the missiles launched by Houthis from Yemen at Israel have been successfully intercepted, including one on Saturday and two on Friday.
Houthi missile gets through Israel’s air defences and hits near country’s main airport
In recent weeks, the United States has positioned THAAD anti-ballistic missile defence systems in Israel, bolstering the existing Iron Dome system.
It appears that still was not enough to stop the missile getting through.
A missile from Yemen halts flights in Israel hours before vote on intensifying Gaza war
The attack on Ben-Gurion International Airport came hours before Israeli Cabinet ministers were set to vote on whether to intensify military operations in Gaza. The army began calling up thousands of reserves in anticipation of a wider operation, officials said.
Israel’s army confirmed this was the first time a missile struck the airport grounds since the war began, though fragments of missiles or interceptors have struck nearby.
Israel beruft Zehntausende Reservisten ein
Seit gut zwei Monaten lässt Israel keine Hilfslieferungen mehr in das abgeriegelte Gebiet, in dem rund zwei Millionen Palästinenser leben.
Israel hatte Mitte März nach einer knapp zweimonatigen Waffenruhe seine Luftangriffe im Gazastreifen wieder aufgenommen. Die israelische Armee startete zudem eine neue Bodenoffensive.
Israel calls up thousands of reservists, plans to expand Gaza offensive amid stalled hostage talks
(May 3, 2025)
Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan 11, reported that Zamir’s plan included evacuating Palestinian civilians from northern and central Gaza ahead of expanded operations in those areas, mirroring tactics used earlier this year in southern Gaza’s Rafah.
Citing unnamed officials, Kan 11 said Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet was expected to approve the plan Sunday.
The Israeli army is facing its biggest refusal crisis in decades
(April 11, 2025)
Over 100,000 Israelis have reportedly stopped showing up for reserve duty. While their reasons differ, the scale demonstrates the war’s waning legitimacy.
Scholz kündigt weitere Waffenexporte nach Israel an
(October 10, 2024)
„Wir haben Waffen geliefert, und wir werden Waffen liefern“, stellte Scholz in seiner Rede vor den Abgeordneten klar. Die Bundesregierung habe Entscheidungen getroffen, „die auch sicherstellen, dass es demnächst weitere Lieferungen geben wird“. In welchem Umfang welche Waffen geliefert werden sollen, ließ Scholz dabei aber offen.
Zuvor hatten die Unionsparteien der Ampelkoalition mangelnde Unterstützung Israels vorgeworfen – auch hinsichtlich von Waffenexporten.
Israel launches new strikes on Syria amid Druze tensions
The strikes came after Druze clerics and armed factions reaffirmed their loyalty to Damascus. They urged the new authorities to appoint local officials to government posts in Sweida province, heartland of the Druze religious group.
Their statement followed fighting between Druze fighters and Syrian forces, including government-affiliated groups that killed more than 100 people in Jaramana and Sahnaya near Damascus and in Sweida, the Observatory said.
Second attack in two days: Israel hits target near Syrian presidential palace in Damascus
The conflict ignited around midnight Monday following the circulation of an audio recording on social media containing criticism of Islam‘s Prophet Muhammad, attributed to a Druze cleric. However, cleric Marwan Kiwan denied responsibility for the controversial audio in a social media video.
Smotrich: Fighting won’t end until hundreds of thousands of Gazans leave, Syria partitioned
(April 29, 2025)
“With God’s help and the valor of your comrades-in-arms who continue to fight even now, we will end this campaign when Syria is dismantled, Hezbollah is severely beaten, Iran is stripped of its nuclear threat, Gaza is cleansed of Hamas and hundreds of thousands of Gazans are on their way out of it to other countries, our hostages are returned, some to their homes and some to the graves of Israel, and the State of Israel is stronger and more prosperous,” the far-right minister tells a gathering at the Eli Yeshiva.
Government of Change: British enemy must anticipate consequences of its aggression against Yemen
The Government of Change and Construction said in a statement issued today, „With typical British impudence, the British Ministry of Defense announced the implementation of a joint military aggression with the American enemy against our country, south of Sana‘a, in response, the Government of Change and Construction affirms that the British enemy must reckon with its predicament and anticipate the consequences of its aggression against the Republic of Yemen.“
UK military launches airstrikes with US targeting Yemen‘s Houthi rebels
“This action was taken in response to a persistent threat from the Houthis to freedom of navigation,” U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey said. “A 55% drop in shipping through the Red Sea has already cost billions, fueling regional instability and risking economic security for families in the U.K.”
Massacre in Furat Al-Shu‘abi neighborhood & market… Another testament to American brutality
[Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:24:19 +0300]
Sana‘a – Saba:
Civilians—women and children—along with densely populated homes and neighborhoods, bustling markets, commercial shops, cemeteries, and civilian facilities and properties.
This is the target bank of the American enemy since the beginning of its brutal aggression against the Yemeni people, which escalated last Sunday evening with an attack on the crowded residential area and market of Fura in the capital‘s municipality.
Britain Joins U.S. in Strike Against Houthis in Yemen
There was no immediate comment from the American military about the operation, which the British Defense Ministry said early Wednesday was carried out overnight “to degrade Houthi capabilities and prevent further attacks against U.K. and international shipping.”
Typhoon jets using precision guided bombs took part in the mission, the ministry said in a statement. The target was “a cluster of buildings, used by the Houthis to manufacture drones of the type used to attack ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, located some 15 miles south of Sana,” the statement added, referring to the Yemeni capital.
Israel says it carried out over 50 airstrikes in Lebanon during April
(April 29, 2025)
Israel‘s military said on Monday that it carried out more than 50 airstrikes across Lebanon in April, despite a ceasefire that has been effective since November 2024.
In a statement, the military said it conducted the strikes „following violations of the ceasefire and understandings between Israel and Lebanon, which posed a threat to the State of Israel and its citizens.“
LIVE: Israel bombs Lebanon’s Beirut, kills dozens in Gaza
Israel has carried out an air attack on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, sending huge plumes of smoke into the sky.
Israeli forces intensify attacks across Gaza, killing more than 20 Palestinians since dawn.
Trump says ‚on the same side of every issue‘ with Netanyahu after call
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that they were united on issues including trade and Iran.
„The call went very well — We are on the same side of every issue,“ Trump said on his social media platform.
US aggression targets Hodeida with continuous raids
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:44:32 +0300]
Hodeida – Saba:
A US-led aggression targeted Al Hodeida Governorate this evening with a series of airstrikes.
US warplanes launch over 40 airstrikes across Yemen
According to Al Jazeera, US warplanes carried out a wide range of airstrikes on different parts of Yemen from Monday night until the early hours of Tuesday morning.
U.S. Airstrike Hits Yemeni Capital, Killing 12, Local Health Officials Say
(April 21, 2025)
An American airstrike hit a densely populated area of the Yemeni capital on Sunday, killing 12 people and injuring 30, according to the health ministry of the Houthi-led government.
Two witnesses who live in the capital, Sana, said that the attack struck a neighborhood near the Old City, a densely populated Unesco world heritage site that is filled with ancient towers.
Jayapal, Khanna, Hoyle Demand Answers Over Unauthorized Military Strikes in Yemen by Trump Administration
(April 9, 2025)
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Val Hoyle (OR-04) are expressing major concerns over the lack of Congressional approval for U.S. military strikes in Yemen.
“The U.S. Constitution is clear: Congress holds the sole power to authorize offensive military action,” wrote the Members. “While we share concerns about maritime security in the Red Sea, we call on your
Administration to immediately cease unauthorized use of military force and instead seek specific statutory authorization from Congress before involving the U.S. in an unconstitutional conflict in the Middle East, which risks endangering U.S. military personnel in the region and escalating into a regime-change war.”
“There remains little clarity on what right the President has to repeatedly strike a foreign country without the approval of Congress” .. If another nation bombed a U.S. city & killed civilians, our Congress would treat that as an act of war — because it is.
The Other Side of Signalgate
(April 8, 2025)
American Presidents have struck Yemen before, often pointing to the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, a joint resolution passed after 9/11, which gave the President the power to attack terrorist targets in foreign countries without a formal “declaration of war.” But Trump hasn’t invoked the A.U.M.F.; instead, he echoed aides who say that it is within the President’s constitutional power to launch attacks for defensive purposes. His predecessors, too, seemed to operate with that license: most recently, the Biden Administration continued to strike Houthi targets, without Congressional approval, even after taking the Houthis off the list of foreign terrorist organizations.
US Massacres Civilian Workers and Paramedics in Attack on Yemen Fuel Port
On Thursday night, the US bombed the Ras Isa fuel port in Yemen’s Red Sea province of Hodeidah, targeting the facility with two attacks that killed dozens of civilian workers and paramedics.
According to Yemen’s Health Ministry, at least 74 people, including at least five paramedics, were killed, and 171 were wounded. The paramedics were hit by a second US attack on the facility that came after rescue workers had already arrived at the scene to help victims of the first strikes (watch graphic footage of the aftermath of the attack here).
US air strikes kill 74, injure 171 in Yemen
“Today, US forces took action to eliminate this source of fuel for the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists,” CENTCOM said on Thursday in a post on social media. “The objective of these strikes was to degrade the economic source of power of the Houthis,” it said.
Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed al-Attab, reporting from Yemen’s capital Sanaa, said the US air strikes hit several different areas, but were most concentrated around the port facility.
“The first four air raids were waged while the people were working,” he said. The air raids took employees by surprise, he said, including truck drivers who were on the scene at the time.
Trump Waved Off Israeli Strike After Divisions Emerged in His Administration
Mr. Trump made his decision after months of internal debate over whether to pursue diplomacy or support Israel in seeking to set back Iran’s ability to build a bomb, at a time when Iran has been weakened militarily and economically.
The debate highlighted fault lines between historically hawkish American cabinet officials and other aides more skeptical that a military assault on Iran could destroy the country’s nuclear ambitions and avoid a larger war. It resulted in a rough consensus, for now, against military action, with Iran signaling a willingness to negotiate.
Suspected US airstrikes kill at least 1 in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa, Houthis say
An intense series of suspected U.S. airstrikes hit sites across Yemen held by the Houthi rebels into Thursday morning, with at least one person reportedly being killed in the capital, Sanaa.
US forces strike Yemen oil port in ongoing campaign against Houthis
Ras Isa is a critical oil pipeline and port, one of three on the country’s west coast through which the vast majority of imports and humanitarian assistance enter Yemen.
Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely
Israel’s defense minister said on Wednesday that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, remarks that could further complicate talks with Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage release.
Health: Citizen martyred by US aggression on Al-Nahda neighborhood in Sana‘a
In a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the Health Ministry confirmed the martyrdom of a citizen following an airstrike by the US aggression targeting Al-Nahda residential neighborhood in Al-Thawra district in the capital, Sana‘a, as a preliminary toll.
US launches 12 air raids on Sanaa as strikes hit Yemen‘s al-Jawf Province
US warplanes have carried out a series of air raids on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, according to Houthi-aligned outlet Al Masirah.
The channel reports that 12 strikes hit the al-Hafa area in the al-Sabeen district early today.