(Israel Hayom) Zvika Haimovich - Israel's strike in Yemen on Aug. 28 eliminated senior figures in the Houthi leadership. The successful strike carried important messages. After nearly two years of activity, the new operational theater in Yemen established by the Israel Defense Forces has proven itself, collecting intelligence, including in real time, and closing a targeting loop 2,000 km. (1,240 miles) from Israel's borders. These capabilities must continue to develop and expand, to include targeting ground-to-ground missile threats, production sites, supply chains, and launch infrastructure. Moreover, the strike will now force the Houthi leadership to change behavior. They will be more suspicious, more paranoid, constantly on the move. That will undermine their ability to govern and manage operations. In the past 24 hours, the Houthis attempted to fire four missiles in three separate launches, alongside unmanned aerial vehicles. The threat remains. Their capabilities are limited but real. The way to confront the Houthi threat is through a sustained, aggressive campaign of several days, based on precise intelligence, focused on intercepting launch capabilities (similar to what was done in Iran) and targeting leaders. Ultimately, Israel will have no choice. Israel cannot allow normalization of a reality in which, every few days, or even several times a day, millions of Israelis are forced to seek shelter while hundreds of kg. of explosives are launched at city centers.
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