Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Monday of seeking the ...
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Monday of seeking the means to launch precision-guided missiles at Israel from Yemen, a signal that the war-torn Gulf Arab country could come under pre-emptive Israeli attack.
Neither Iran nor the Yemeni Houthi fighters it sponsors had an immediate response to Israel’s allegation. The Houthis use missiles and drones in their war against a coalition led by neighboring Saudi Arabia but there is scant public indication they possess weapons capable of traveling the some 2,000 km to Israel.
Earlier, addressing reporters ahead of meetings with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and top White House adviser Jared Kushner, Netanyahu reiterated Israeli suspicions, shared by Washington, that Iran has been trying to refit the rocket arsenal of Lebanon’s Hezbollah with precision-guidance systems.
An Israeli government source held out the prospect that Israel could take action. “This will cause Israel to be extremely vulnerable and this is something that we cannot just sit by and watch happening,” the source said. Israel’s armed forces chief briefed Gantz about regional threats on Oct 16 and, last week, issued a public statement describing Israel’s northern and southern fronts as “tense and fragile and deteriorate into conflict”.
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