Houthi supporters march in Sanaa with the portrait of Abdel Malek al-Houthi, leader of the Yemeni rebels, alongside Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, in 2021. (Credit: AFP)
At dawn on Friday, the Lebanese held their breath as news circulated about a drone attack that left one dead and a dozen wounded in Tel Aviv, Israel’s largest city. At a time when the front in south Lebanon is flaring up, has Hezbollah carried out its threats to strike Israel with all its power, even if it would mean risking an all-out war? No, because it was the Houthis, the Iran-aligned Yemeni rebels, who claimed responsibility for this attack at the heart of Israel.However, given the “unity of resistance fronts,” this Yemeni operation cannot be dissociated from the rest of the battles underway since Oct. 7, and more specifically the one between Hezbollah and Israel, whose intensity is growing by the day. This is because Israel is no longer limiting itself to multiplying its painful blows in south Lebanon, eliminating Hezbollah’s...
At dawn on Friday, the Lebanese held their breath as news circulated about a drone attack that left one dead and a dozen wounded in Tel Aviv, Israel’s largest city. At a time when the front in south Lebanon is flaring up, has Hezbollah carried out its threats to strike Israel with all its power, even if it would mean risking an all-out war? No, because it was the Houthis, the Iran-aligned Yemeni rebels, who claimed responsibility for this attack at the heart of Israel.However, given the “unity of resistance fronts,” this Yemeni operation cannot be dissociated from the rest of the battles underway since Oct. 7, and more specifically the one between Hezbollah and Israel, whose intensity is growing by the day. This is because Israel is no longer limiting itself to multiplying its painful blows in south Lebanon, eliminating...