The newspaper “Jerusalem Post” Zionist revealed in a report on Friday the impact of Yemeni military operations against the settlement of “Eilat”, and against ships related to the Zionist entity in the Red Sea and heading to the port of “Eilat”, in the port’s economy, which is “bleeding”, according to the newspaper.
The newspaper quoted the US congressional research service as saying that Yemen “attacked Israel at least 53 times” since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip on the seventh of last October.
The Jerusalem Post commented on these statements, saying that Ansar Allah “targets not only Zionist territory, but also commercial and maritime ships near the Bab al-Mandab Strait as they try to reach the Red Sea and the port of Eilat,” which “reduced the port’s operations to zero, and made its economy bleed.”
Gideon Gulber, CEO of the port of Eilat, said Yemen is “trying to suffocate Eilat and its economy,” as “the port has logistical equipment and unused personnel.”
“A number of ships moving between Israel and Asia need to change their course around Africa to avoid attacks off the coast of Yemen,” Gulper said, which “adds time and costs to shipments, and also increases the risk of attacks from other places, such as the coast of South Africa or the Strait of Gibraltar.”
“The United States needs to get more involved in fighting Yemen now, not later, when the situation gets much worse,” Gulper said. “If Yemen is allowed to continue at a time when the United States is seen as weak, the problem will also grow.”
This comes at a time when “the port of Ashdod is also preparing for scenarios of escalation from the north with Hezbollah,” as “it and the port of Haifa are also within the range of Hezbollah rockets,” according to the newspaper.
Richard Hussey, a maritime security consultant and managing director of Weifterin, said a major escalation of the conflict would lead to “attacks, disruption of trade and rerouting of goods”.
It is worth mentioning that the port of “Eilat” received repeated attacks with ballistic missiles and drones, not only from Yemen, but also from Iraq and Bahrain, in response to the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip and its siege of it, which led to the occupation entity incurring great economic losses, according to the Zionist media, as shipping companies that intended to deliver goods to the occupying entity stopped their activity in the Red Sea.
