The Jerusalem Post reports: “The Iranian-backed Houthis increasingly appear to be alone in attempts to attack Israel, as Iran and its other proxy groups have been weakened.

The Houthis have not suffered a major setback since they began their attacks on Israel and on shipping in the aftermath of the Hamas October 7, 2023 attack. The Houthis have generally enjoyed the ability to carry out long-range strikes and then hide out in the mountains around Sana’a and wait out the response…

On the evening of December 15-16, reports claimed that there were new airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen. A correspondent for Al-Arabiya claimed the US had carried out the strikes. It’s not clear if there are more details at the moment…

 The Houthis are angry about the reported strikes, according to Iranian state media. ‘A senior member of the Yemeni Ansarullah [Houthi] movement emphasized in a message that the US is opening the gates of hell to itself by increasing tensions with Yemen,’ Iran’s IRNA reported on December 16. ‘The US embassy has lined up its mercenaries for war against the Yemeni people with the aim of stopping the operation to support the Gaza Strip,’ Abdul Rahman Al-Ahnumi wrote in a message on the X. ‘He warned that any escalation of tensions will open the gates of hell to the presence of the US, its interests, oil, and mercenaries in the region,’ IRNA noted…”