April Longley Alley

Jan 10, 2025 | usip.org | April Longley Alley

Since Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, Yemen’s Houthis have regularly attacked Israel, joining its fellow members of the Iran-backed “Axis of Resistance” in solidarity with Hamas. Not only have they fired missiles and drones at Israel, but the Houthis have also disrupted commercial shipping by attacking ships in the Red Sea, one of the world’s busiest maritime trade arteries. The pace of its attacks on Israel ramped up significantly in December, as have Israeli responses.