He also claimed that the port his troops attacked was not an innocent port. "It was used for military purposes; it was used as an entry point for deadly weapons supplied to the Houthis by Iran," he said. Netanyahu also called on the international community to boost its measures against Iran and its allies: "Anyone who wishes to see a stable and safe Middle East needs to stand against 'Iran's axis of evil' and support Israel's fight against Iran and its proxies – in Yemen, in Gaza, in Lebanon, everywhere," he said. The Houthi group has been attacking Israeli-linked merchant vessels in the region since October, to condemn the genocidal operations against Palestinians in Gaza. A U.S. and U.K.-led coalition has been conducting airstrikes against the group but the effort appears to have yielded little result. Netanyahu still thanked the West and its other allies for their help in intercepting Houthi projectiles of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones against Israel for the past eight months. (Related: Houthi drone boats strike oil tankers in the Red Sea.) "The Houthis attacked us over 200 times. The first time that they harmed an Israeli citizen, we struck them. And we will do this anywhere where it may be required," Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in a separate statement on Saturday. Israel's strikes on Yemen destroyed storage tanks with more than 150,000 tons of fuel, along with several cranes and piers, said Mohammed Albasha, a senior Yemen expert at the U.S.-based Navanti Group consulting firm. Days later, fires still rage from the port, where the majority of the country's 33 million people live. Though firefighters have yet to fully put out the flames in the port's fuel depot and power plant or clear debris from destroyed cranes, officials said Monday the port is already operational.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening:
“From the beginning of the war, I made it clear that Israel will act against all those who attack us. This is why earlier today, I asked the Israeli cabinet to back my decision to strike against the Houthi targets in Yemen. pic.twitter.com/xWE3KXQaeV — Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) July 20, 2024
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