Israel: Scales in the Middle East – Decision to extend attack on Gaza – The Houthi rocket

Intensifying the large scale of military operations in the government, the National Security Council of his government has decided.

The plan is expected to be implemented after the US president’s visit to the area next week (13th – 16th May), sources from the Times of Israel reported.

In the interim, an attempt will be made to close a new ceasefire agreement with the report.

Gaza -free

According to the same source, a majority plan was also approved to begin to re -enter the Gaza Strip in a way that guarantees that Hamas will not abuse it.

It is worth noting that Israel does not allow the last two months to enter humanitarian aid into the besieged Palestinian Palestinian pockets of 2.4 million inhabitants, which has triggered accusations of using famine as a weapon.

Recruits tens of thousands of Israel

The scheduled Israeli Council of Ministers met to make strategic decisions to approve a plan to expand the Gaza military attack.

In a statement, the Israeli army confirmed the call of “tens of thousands of reserves” for its attack on Gaza, announcing that its aim is to destroy “all Hamas infrastructures”.

Strengthening and expanding Israeli business in Gaza

“This week, we are recruiting tens of thousands of reserves to strengthen and expand our business in Gaza,” Eyal Zamir, leader of the Armed Forces, said in a statement. “We intensify the pressure to bring back (our hostages) and to defeat Hamas. We will act in other areas and destroy all its infrastructure, both above and below the ground. “

With the negotiations between Israel and Hamas frozen, the Israeli government last night was against Qatar, an Emirates who played a key role in the interim negotiations for a ceasefire, while he was passing through the time.

Doha reacted, stressing that he “strongly rejects the Israeli prime minister’s incendiary statements” and considering that they are opposed to “more fundamental rules of political and moral responsibility”, in a statement by the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of Qatar.

After Israel ended on March 18th in the two months of war, which had a trigger for Hamas’ unprecedented raid in southern areas of Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterates that only 58 will repeat the still holding, in life or not.

Dangerous escalation in Syria

This explosive blend is complemented by the multiple raids that launches Israel against Syria during the previous week, as the Jewish state states that “ready to protect the villages of Drouz.

One of the blows, near the Presidential Palace of Damascus, brought the Syrian Presidency to speak of “dangerous escalation”.

Houthi rocket launch at Israeli airport

Earlier new “firefighting fires” was lit, near Tel Aviv, but also by the order of thousands of Israeli reserves in view of the expansion of Israel’s landfill against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The rocket launched by the Yemeni rebels fell near the country’s main international airport, sending a tobacco column to the sky and causing panic to the passengers at the airport building.

“We have targeted Ben Gourion Airport with an ultrasonic ballistic missile that has successfully reached its target,” the Iranian Houthi -related liability said, taking responsibility for the rocket strike, as the Yemeni guerrillas have recently intensified by the Yemeni rebels. Gaza.

Netanyahu’s reaction to Houthi’s attack on Tel Aviv

“The attacks of Iran ‘are one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s reactions. His threats also turned against Iran: “Israel will respond to Houthi’s attack on our main airport and, in time and place of our choice, to their Iranian bosses,” the Israeli prime minister said in a post in X.

Initially, the Israeli army announced that a projectile or debris was “falling” near Ben Gourion Airport, noting that the incident is being investigated. He later confirmed that the rocket “hit the airport zone” where the impact opened a crater, just a few hundred meters from the airport, after “several attempts” to intercept.

“Anyone who hurts us will be hit seven times more powerful”

A senior Israeli Police Commander, Yair Hezroni, showed a reporters a crater caused by the impact of the rocket, who, according to airport authorities, fell next to a road near a parking lot of the Terminal Station 3. It hurts us will be hit seven times more powerful. “

Sirens sounded all over Central Israel a few minutes before the impact, including the area near the big city of Tel Aviv. Reuters journalist at the airport heard sirens and saw passengers running in places designated as Safe Rooms.

Eight injured by the Houthi rocket

The Israeli ambulance service said eight people were taken to the hospital, including a man in mild to medium condition with wounds in the extremities and two women in a mild state with head injuries.

The anti -aircraft defense systems have tried to intercept the rocket thrown by Yemen, more than 1,800 kilometers from the southern border of Israel. The results of his interrogation efforts are being investigated, the army said.

“This is the first time a rocket falls so close to the terminal and the landing corridors,” a spokesman for the Israeli airport authority told the French Agency.

Cancellation

European and US airlines canceled flights for the next few days after the missile attack. Late in the afternoon Israeli airport authorities announced the repetition of air traffic after a short break.

Houthi Saira military spokesman said Israel’s main airport “is no longer safe for air travel”.

Houthi, who controlled parts of Yemen, began to target Israel and ships in the Red Sea in the late 2023, from the early days of the war between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip. US President Donald Trump ordered a large scale in March to prevent Houthi to prevent them from targeting the Red Sea.