JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
JERUSALEM
BURNS-ARABS SAY BURN ALL ISRAEL.SO MUCH FOR ISLAMS SO CALLED 3RD
HOLIEST CITY. THEY WANT IT BURNT TO THE GROUND.WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU
REPROBATE LIBERALS WHO SUCK HOLE UP THE THE REPROBATE DEATH CULT ISLAM.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and
the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the
light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of
his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold,
the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his
tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22
And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED)
there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE)
those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID
HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him
glory.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not
known.
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his
vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every
living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,
which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6
For they(False World Church and Dictator and baby murderers by abortion)
have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them
blood to drink; for they are worthy.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,
being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
We
shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only
question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or
consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February
1950-Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We
need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who
is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to
himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to
sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept
him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
JUDGEMENT-WE ALL(EVERYONE) STAND IN FRONT OF GOD TO GIVE ACCOUNT
JOHN 14:3
3
And if I (JESUS OUR JEWISH MESSIAH) go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye
may be also.
MATTHEW 24:33
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall
see all these things,(IN THERE BEGGINING STAGES-NOT FINAL STAGES) know
that it is near, even at the doors.
LUKE 21:32
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:10
10
For we must all (MEANS EVERYONE EVER BORN ON EARTH FROM ADAM-EVE ON)
appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive
the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it
be good or bad.(THIS IS THE CHRISTIANS IN FRONT OF JESUS)
LUKEWARM CHURCHES
REVELATION 3:15-19
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I(GOD) will spue (VOMIT) thee out of my mouth.
17
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need
of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and
poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried
in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou
mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear;
and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent
ALL
OVER THE ARAB PEDOPHILE DEATH CULT MEDIA-THE MUSLIMS WERE SAYING BURN
OR JIHAD JERUSALEMS TREES AND ORCHARDS AND ISRAELI CARS.AND IT WAS NO
ACCIDENT THAT THE FIRES STARTED ON ISRAELS 77TH ANIVERSARY. WHEN THEY
CELEBRATE GOD GIVING THEM THEIR PROMISED LAND. ABRAHAM, ISSAC AND JACOBS
LAND. NOT NO SNOT BAG CAMEL BOY DEATH CULT ISHMAELITE NUT CASES THAT
SLAUGHTER INNOCENT PEOPLE FOR SATAN THEIR FATHER. I LOVE WHAT ERICK
STACKLEBECK SAYS ABOUT THESE UNRESTRAINED DEMONIC DEATH CULT REPROBATES.
THEIR QUALITIES OF EVIL ARE ARROGANT, STUPID AND RELENTLESS. SO THESE
SNOT RAG REPROBATE MUSLIMS AND ARAB NAZIS WANNA BURN ISRAEL AND
JERUSALEM. WELL I GOT NEWS FOR YOU PISS CAMEL DRINKERS. YOU LITTLE
PEDOPHILES AROUND ISRAEL WILL NOT ONLY BE BURNED BY ISRAELS NUKES. BUT
EATIN BY THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS FOR 7 MONTHS. AND 1/4 OR 300
MILLION OF YOU REPROBATRES ARABS, PERSIANS,TURKS, GERMANS, LIBIANS,
ETHIOPIONS, SUDANESE, RUSSIA,NORTH AFRICAN ARAB-MUSLIMS WILL BE BURNING
IN HELL FIRE FOREVER WITH YOUR NEVER DYING REPROBATE BODIES. THEN WHEN THIS
SLAUGHTER BY NUKES OF ARAB-MUSLIM REPROBATES. ISRAEL WILL HAVE NO
TROUBLE REBUILDING THE 3RD TEMPLE AND SACRIFICING ANIMALS TO GOD IN THAT
3RD TEMPLE. THEN YOU REPROBATE ARAB-MUSLIMS. WE WILL SEE WHO WILL BE
BURNING IN THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER WITH THEIR NEVER DYING BODIES. AND
THESE PORK FILLED CAMEL DONKEY BOY REPROOBATES. CLAIM JERUSALEM IS THEIR
3RD HOLIEST SITE. BUT STILL ALL OVER THE INTERNET. THEY WANT ISRAEL AND
JERUSALEM A BURNING NAZI JIHAD. THAT TELLS YOU RIGHT THERE. THE
ARAB-MUSLIM REPROBATE PEDOPHILES DON'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT THEIR SO CALLED
3RD HOLIEST SITE IN ISLAM. JERUSALEM. WHICH THE REPROBATE SATANIC KORAN
DOES NOT EVEN MENTION ONCE. ITS ALWAYS SAUDI-ARABIA THE PERVERTED KORAN
MENTIONS OR POINTS TO.
ERICK STACLEBECK ON ARABS WANT ISRAEL BURNED BY FLAMES OF A FLOOD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4L8LL24Yz0
KKL-JNF:
Around 20,000 dunams burned-Blazes near Jerusalem rage for second day
but roads, towns reopen with foreign aid on way-Planes from Europe
expected in coming hours; firefighter numbers scaled back; all evacuees
okayed to return home, though wildfires still active in six areas,
clouding Independence Day celebrations-By ToI Staff Today, 11:55 am-MAY
01,25
Over 100 teams of firefighters continued to battle a series
of massive blazes tearing through the hills west of Jerusalem for a
second day Thursday, but appeared to make gains in containing the
wildfires overnight, with firefighting planes from European allies
offering help expected to arrive later in the day.As Israelis prepared
to celebrate Independence Day, authorities reopened roads that had been
closed a day earlier and let all evacuated residents return home, but
warned that the blazes remained uncontained and could flare back up
later Thursday.“At this stage we still have not gained control [of the
fires],” the Fire and Rescue Service said in a statement Thursday
morning.The KKL-JNF estimated Thursday morning that some 20,000 dunams
(4,900 acres) had been burned in the blazes, including 13,000 dunams
(3,200) of woodland, with Canada Park outside the city of Modi’in
suffering particularly extensive scorching.The fires in the Jerusalem
hills area erupted Wednesday morning, ripping through the outskirts of
the capital as a stifling heatwave and strong winds fed the spread of
the flames.The fires, which an official said could be Israel’s
largest-ever, forced 10 communities to evacuate and shut down several
roads, including the main highway linking Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.A
spokeswoman for the Fire and Rescue Service said just before noon
Thursday that authorities had authorized residents from Sha’ar Hagai,
Mesilat Zion, Beit Meir, Shoresh, Neve Ilan, Yad Hashmona and Nataf to
return.Residents of Mevo Horon, a West Bank settlement near the Israeli
city of Modiin, were permitted to return home earlier Thursday.
Residents of Eshtaol and Mishmar Ayalon had been allowed back home
Wednesday.There were no reports of significant damage from the fires in
any of the towns.Despite the ongoing blazes, the Israel Police announced
earlier Thursday morning that it was reopening the Route 1 highway and
other roads near Jerusalem that had been blocked off.A day earlier,
motorists had been forced to abandon their vehicles as the flames closed
in on the major highway.A train line linking Jerusalem and Tel Aviv was
also reopened.The Fire and Rescue Service said late Thursday that there
were 126 teams working to extinguish six separate wildfires in the
region west of Jerusalem, down from 163 teams that had been called into
the fight a day earlier.“Firefighters are working in harsh conditions,”
fire chief Eyal Caspi said. “The teams have been working for long hours
almost without stopping to rest.”A Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson
declined to answer if progress had been made in getting the blazes under
control or to detail how much of the fire remained uncontained.Though
Thursday morning saw a drop in temperatures and chances of a slight
drizzle, officials warned that fires could surge again in the afternoon
with winds expected to pick up and temperatures to increase.The ongoing
blazes put a damper on Independence Day, traditionally marked by throngs
of Israelis packing parks and nature sites, grills in hand. Authorities
warned picnickers and hikers to stay away from several national parks
and nature reserves in fire-stricken areas.A nationwide ban on lighting
fires and barbecues in open areas was in effect, a Fire and Rescue
Service spokeswoman confirmed to The Times of Israel.Aerial video from
the site of fires showed huge swaths of land turned black from the
flames.The blazes stretched the resources of the firefighting service,
prompting the Israel Defense Forces to join the effort and pleas for
international aid.Cyprus and Italy were expected to send eight planes
Thursday to assist the embattled Israeli emergency services, authorities
said. There were also offers of help from Ukraine, Spain, France,
Romania and Croatia.A French diplomat said it had offered two Canadair
CL-415s but Israeli authorities were assessing whether the planes were
needed.In the meantime, 10 out of 14 Israeli firefighting planes were
working to extinguish the conflagrations, the fire service said.Health
officials said 17 firefighters suffered injuries, including two who were
taken to hospitals. Over a dozen people, including two pregnant women
and two infants, were hospitalized Wednesday, mostly for smoke
inhalation and burns.With the firefighting teams stretched thin, IDF
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir ordered the military to assist in
battling the flames.Four Israeli Air Force C-130J Super Hercules heavy
transport planes, known in the IAF as Shimshon, operated throughout the
night, dropping over 95 loads of fire retardant material, the military
said Thursday morning. The IAF also sent ground firefighting teams.The
Home Front Command and Technological and Logistics Directorate provided
more than 50 fire engines. The Home Front Command also drafted reservist
firefighters to assist with the efforts.The Technological and Logistics
Directorate also provided containers with over 300,000 liters of water,
along with equipment and food for the firefighting teams. The
directorate set up three rest stops for the troops and other rescue
forces, the military said.Additionally, the IDF said it used dozens of
heavy construction vehicles to prevent the fires from spreading.The
Military Intelligence Directorate was also assisting, with its Unit
9900, which specializes in VISINT, or visual intelligence, carrying out
several aircraft and satellite sorties over the fires to map out the
main blaze sites.The Israeli Air Intelligence Group — the IAF’s intel
unit — set up a task force to analyze the blazes, and the Intelligence
Directorate’s Operational Operations Division “is synchronizing a
variety of resources to help analyze the area of the fires and direct
fire and rescue forces,” the IDF added.In addition to the firefighting
crews battling the fires outside of Jerusalem, a Fire and Rescue Service
spokesperson said that 24 firefighting teams and four volunteer units
had been dispatched Wednesday to put out several blazes across northern
Israel, including near Afula, Rumat al-Heib and Ramat Zvi.An additional
12 teams from northern Israel were dispatched south to assist in
fighting the fires outside of Jerusalem.Before sunrise Thursday,
firefighters rescued three people from a fire that broke out at a senior
living facility in the central coastal city of Bat Yam. The fire
service said several people were taken to hospitals with light injuries,
including an 80-year-old man.Emanuel Fabian contributed to this report.
2,900
acres said to burn; winds, darkness complicate efforts-Hundreds battle
blazes ripping through Jerusalem area; fire may be Israel’s largest
ever-IDF helps fire service, police fight wildfires in Jerusalem hills
as towns evacuated, Jerusalem-Tel Aviv road closed; dozens suffer smoke
inhalation, burns, but nobody seriously hurt-By Charlie Summers, Emanuel
Fabian,Lazar Berman-and ToI Staff 30 April 2025, 10:45 pm
As
darkness fell Wednesday evening, the Fire and Rescue Service’s Jerusalem
District commander warned of long, critical hours ahead, as
firefighters battled out-of-control forest fires raging on the outskirts
of Jerusalem with no signs of slowing down.The fires in the Jerusalem
hills area erupted on Wednesday morning, with the Fire and Rescue
Service reporting blazes in at least five locations. The flames spread
quickly, as a stifling heatwave and strong winds made it difficult to
bring the blazes under control.By Wednesday evening, the fire service
said it had 163 firefighting teams on the ground and 12 firefighting
planes battling the conflagrations surrounding Jerusalem at several key
hotspots, including multiple places in Latrun, Neve Shalom and the
Eshtaol Forest. There were also fires spreading in Mevo Horon, along
Burma Road toward Beit Meir, Mesilat Zion, and near a gas station in
Sha’ar Hagai.Dozens more firefighting units were tackling additional
fires up and down the country at the same time. Dozens of people were
hurt, though none were in serious condition.Some 11,700 dunam (2,900
acres) were burned in the blazes, according to a Wednesday night
estimate by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael — Jewish National Fund, which said
the Canada Park, near Latrun, had been almost completely torched.At a
press conference in the evacuated community of Eshtaol on Wednesday
evening, the commander of the Fire and Rescue Service’s Jerusalem
District, Shmulik Friedman, warned that the fire in the Jerusalem hills
“may be the largest there has ever been in this country,” and was not
yet even close to being contained.He noted that the blaze broke out near
Mesilat Zion, close to Beit Shemesh, at around 9:30 a.m., and was
quickly carried west by strong winds before shifting direction
eastward.“Regarding our activity, it will continue for a very long time.
We are far from having control [over the fires],” he said, warning that
the fires may continue to worsen, as winds were expected to pick up and
reach speeds of up to 90-100 kilometers per hour (56-62 mph).The
underlying cause of the fires was not immediately clear, with Friedman
telling reporters: “We have absolutely no clue, and we are not yet
dealing with this.”At least some of the fires blazing around Israel were
suspected arson attacks, however, and the Shin Bet domestic security
agency said that it was involved in investigating the conflagrations in
the Jerusalem area, as well as assisting police in locating those who
may have sparked the blazes.To that end, a 50-year-old resident of East
Jerusalem’s Umm Tuba neighborhood was arrested on suspicion of trying to
ignite a fire in southern Jerusalem, after police received a tip that
someone had been seen attempting to set fire to vegetation.The suspect
attempted to flee when approached by police, but was nabbed after a
brief pursuit. Police said they found a lighter, cotton wool and other
flammable materials on his person.With the blaze continuing to spread
eastward as the day wore on, police and emergency services ordered the
evacuation of the communities of Neve Ilan, Shoresh, Nataf and Yad
Hashmona, bringing the number of evacuated communities up to 10,
although residents of Eshtaol and Mishmar Ayalon — both of which were
evacuated earlier in the day — were informed they could return home not
long after.Route 1 — the main road connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv —
and Route 3 were both closed to traffic over the course of the day, and
remained closed as of Wednesday night.In an attempt to gain control of
the rapidly encroaching flames, firefighters were concentrated on the
area around Shoresh, and sending convoys toward the nearby HaMasrek
nature reserve, with a spokesperson for the fire service saying they
were working to extinguish the front of “an active and spreading
fire.”Shortly after the fire service ordered the latest round of
evacuations, Israel’s most-watched television studio, Channel 12,
announced that for the first time in its history, it was evacuating its
studio, located in Neve Ilan, mid-broadcast.Channel 12 news anchor Danny
Kushmaro announced the “unprecedented” evacuation of the studio on air,
a few minutes into the evening’s news broadcast, and handed over to his
colleague in the channel’s “alternative studio” in Herzliya.In addition
to the firefighting crews battling the fires outside of Jerusalem, a
Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said 24 firefighting teams and four
volunteer units had been dispatched to put out several blazes across
northern Israel, including near Afula and Ramat Zvi.A fire close to the
Lower Galilee village of Rumat al-Heib was successfully contained by
five firefighting crews.An additional 12 teams from northern Israel were
dispatched south to assist in fighting the fires outside of
Jerusalem.With the firefighting teams stretched thin, IDF Chief of Staff
Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir ordered the military to assist in battling the
flames.Responding to the call, the Israeli Air Force deployed several
ground firefighting teams from airbases to extinguish the blazes, while
the search and rescue Unit 669 carried out scans with its helicopters,
alongside a Beechcraft King Air utility aircraft carrying out
observation.The Air Force also deployed C-130J Super Hercules heavy
transport planes, known in the military as Shimshon, to participate in
the firefighting efforts.The Super Hercules plane can hold up to 18,000
liters (4,755 gallons) of firefighting materials.The military said
Wednesday night that two Super Hercules planes had dropped more than 25
loads of fire retardant material over the fires, and that a third one
was set to join the efforts within hours.The Home Front Command,
meanwhile, deployed 70 firefighters, two fire engines, two heavy
construction vehicles to clear obstructions, and three water tanks,
along with several teams of search and rescue cadets.The Technological
and Logistics Directorate also provided several fire engines and
containers with over 100,000 liters of water.However, the difficult
weather conditions and the limitations of firefighting aircraft at night
meant that these efforts wouldn’t be able to begin until Thursday
morning.In tandem with the domestic firefighting efforts, the Foreign
Ministry said it had reached out to Greece, Cyprus, Croatia, Italy and
Bulgaria for assistance.Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar also spoke with
the foreign ministers of the UK, France, the Czech Republic, Sweden,
Argentina, Spain, North Macedonia and Azerbaijan, his office said, among
others.Responding to the request, according to Israel, Italy and
Croatia sent three “Superscooper” firefighting planes, Romania said it
would send two aircraft — a firefighting plane and another for
logistical support — Spain said it would send two planes, France said it
would dispatch one firefighting plane, Cyprus agreed to dispatch a
helicopter, and additional countries expressed “willingness to assist,”
including Ukraine and Ecuador, with other nations having offered to send
helicopters in support.The Palestinian Authority also offered to send
firefighting teams to help with extinguishing the fires, but as of
Wednesday night, Israel hadn’t responded to the offer.As the fires
continued to spread, hospitals and emergency services were bracing for
an influx of casualties.Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem began
asking non-urgent patients to leave the hospital on Wednesday afternoon,
to prepare to receive casualties, and requested that the public avoid
coming to the hospital unless it was “absolutely necessary.”The Health
Ministry said Wednesday night that this process was continuing, and that
it was preparing to possibly evacuate all patients from the hospital
except the most complex ones, who would be taken to its top floors, if
the flames neared.Elsewhere, at least 18 people were admitted to the
Kaplan Medical Center and Shamir Medical Center, mostly due to smoke
inhalation and burns.Among the injured were two pregnant women and two
infants — one a month old and the other about six months old.Another 10
people were treated by paramedics but did not require
hospitalization.Speaking to Ynet, the director of emergency medicine at
Shamir Medical Center, Dr. Gal Pachis, said that none of those admitted
were seriously injured, and they were not expected to remain in the
hospital for long.He said that the majority of those injured came from
the Latrun area, which was evacuated earlier in the day ahead of a
Memorial Day ceremony.“One of the patients who was sent to us said that
they escaped their vehicle at the last moment,” Pachis recounted. “The
air in there was already very hot, and they managed to escape just
before the whole car caught fire.”In addition, the Fire and Rescue
Service said that 12 firefighters had sustained light injuries while
battling flames around Jerusalem.Diana Bletter, Nava Freiberg and Nurit
Yohanan contributed to this report.
Hegseth warns Iran will ‘pay
consequence’ for backing Yemen’s Houthis-Pentagon chief threatens Tehran
with military action despite nuclear talks set for Saturday in Rome; UK
details strikes on Yemeni terror group, including drone manufacturing
site-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 10:06 am-MAY 1,25
US
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Iran on Wednesday that it will
face consequences for supporting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, even as the
United States has relaunched talks with Tehran over its nuclear
program.The United States and Iran have so far held three rounds of
indirect talks, mediated by Gulf state Oman, aimed at sealing a deal
that would block Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but also lift
crippling economic sanctions imposed by Washington.The two sides will
reconvene in Rome on Saturday.“Message to IRAN: We see your LETHAL
support to The Houthis. We know exactly what you are doing,” Hegseth
wrote on X. “You know very well what the US Military is capable of — and
you were warned. You will pay the CONSEQUENCE at the time and place of
our choosing.”Hegseth, on his personal X account, later reposted US
President Donald Trump’s message on Truth Social from March in which the
president said he would hold Iran responsible for any attacks carried
out by the Houthi group, which has repeatedly targeted Israel and
regional shipping with missile and drone attacks.Iran’s leader has
previously claimed that Yemen’s Houthis act independently.The group
controls northern Yemen and has struck shipping in the Red Sea in what
it says is solidarity with the Palestinians.The United States has
carried out strikes against more than 1,000 targets since it ramped up
an offensive against the group in March, with the UK joining in on the
latest round of strikes on Wednesday.The UK offered a detailed
explanation for launching the strikes, in a departure from the US, which
has offered few details since Trump took office in January.The British
Defense Ministry described the site attacked as “a cluster of buildings,
used by the Houthis to manufacture drones of the type used to attack
ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, located some 15 miles (25
kilometers) south of Sanaa.”Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s took part in
the raid, dropping Paveway IV guided bombs, the ministry added.“The
strike was conducted after dark, when the likelihood of any civilians
being in the area was reduced yet further,” the ministry said.The US
military has surged assets in recent weeks to reinforce the Middle East.
The Pentagon has deployed six B-2 bombers to the Indian Ocean island of
Diego Garcia — which experts say is an ideal position to operate in the
Middle East.Additionally, the US currently has two aircraft carriers in
the Middle East and has moved air defense systems from Asia to the
region.While both Tehran and Washington have said they are set on
pursuing diplomacy, they remain far apart on a dispute that has rumbled
on for more than two decades.Trump, in an interview with Time magazine
earlier this month, said “I think we’re going to make a deal with Iran,”
but he repeated a threat of military action against Iran if diplomacy
fails.The Iran-backed Houthi rebels — whose slogan is “Death to America,
Death to Israel, a Curse on the Jews” — began attacking Israel and
maritime traffic in November 2023, a month after fellow Iran-backed
terror groupHamas stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and
take 251 hostages, sparking the war in Gaza.The Houthis held their fire
when a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas in January 2025.
By that point, they had fired some 40 ballistic missiles and several
attack drones at Israel, including one that killed a civilian and
wounded several others in Tel Aviv in July 2024. Israel carried out
several strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen in response to the attacks.The
Gaza ceasefire collapsed in March, with Israel resuming its attacks on
Hamas and the Houthis restarting their missile attacks on Israel,
including in recent days.Houthi attacks have prevented ships from
passing through the Suez Canal — a vital route that normally carries
about 12 percent of the world’s shipping traffic — forcing many
companies into a costly detour around the tip of southern Africa.The
United States first began conducting strikes against the Houthis under
the Biden administration, and Trump has vowed that military action
against the rebels will continue until they are no longer a threat to
shipping.The Trump administration has been forced onto the political
defensive during the Yemen campaign by scandals stemming from senior
officials’ use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss strikes
that took place on March 15.Last month, The Atlantic magazine revealed
that its editor-in-chief was mistakenly included in a Signal chat in
which officials, including Hegseth and National Security Advisor Mike
Waltz, discussed the strikes.US media outlets then reported earlier this
month that Hegseth had shared information on the same strikes in a
second Signal group chat with various people who would not normally be
involved in such discussions, including his wife.
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