"We have just delivered a powerful strike on numerous terrorist targets of the Houthi terror organization in Sanaa as part of Operation 'Pass the Parcel,'" Katz wrote.

The Israeli military says its "most powerful strike" in Yemen targeted security and military targets, but the Houthis say civilian facilities were hit.

Yemeni President Rashad Al-Alimi warns the UN General Assembly: 'Anyone who underestimates this militia today should imagine what will happen tomorrow when the Red Sea and maritime trade routes become permanent hostages in the hands of terror.

Yemen’s president is making a plea this week in New York for help toppling the Houthis, which control the capital city Sanaa and about a third of his country. He may have to keep asking for a while. MICHAEL RATNEY,

True, their impact has been small, but it has been constant, damaging, and eventually deadly. The Houthis keep findingIsrael’s soft underbelly.

The conflict in the region escalated after Houthi rebels launched a deadly attack on Israel’s southern city of Eilat, firing an explosive-laden rocket that left nearly 50 people injured. The blast caused widespread panic and chaos,

The Houthi rebels have been launching missile and drone attacks on Israel and on ships in the Red Sea in response to the war in Gaza, saying they were acting in solidarity with Palestinians. Their attacks over the past two years have upended shipping in the Red Sea, through which about $1 trillion of goods passed each year before the war.