[News] Israel lobbies Washington to restart war on Yemen

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 Israel lobbies Washington to restart war on Yemen: Report

Sources told Hebrew media that Tel Aviv is calling for the formation of a
new coalition against Sanaa

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

JUL 11, 2025 -
https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-lobbies-washington-to-restart-war-on-yemen-report
(Photo credit: AP)

Israel is pressuring
<https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-urging-us-to-resume-strikes-on-yemens-houthis-form-broad-coalition-report/>
the US to restart its campaign against the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) and
Ansarallah movement in Yemen, according to reports in Israeli media.

According to Israel’s Broadcasting Corporation (KAN), Yemeni attacks on
vessels headed to Israeli ports “can no longer remain solely an Israeli
problem.”

Sources told the outlet that Tel Aviv has been calling for “more intense
combined attacks against Houthi regime targets – not just [Israeli] air
force fighter jet strikes, but also a renewal of American attacks and the
formation of a coalition including additional countries,” an informed
source told KAN.

Another anonymous security official said that “a broad coalition is needed
to convey to the Houthi regime that it is in danger.”

The report comes after the YAF sunk two Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged
vessels which were en route to Israeli ports.

Yemen had briefly refrained from attacking commercial vessels headed to
Israel following a ceasefire that ended the US campaign against the country
in May. However, it never rescinded the blockade it imposed after the start
of the war in Gaza, and is now escalating its enforcement.

It has also continued to target Israel with ballistic missiles in support
of the people and resistance in Gaza.

The YAF announced on 10 July that it targeted Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport
with a ballistic missile. The attack came hours after Sanaa released
footage of its second operation targeting a commercial ship within 24
hours. The Eternity C vessel was headed to the southern Israeli port of
Eilat in violation of the Yemeni naval blockade.

The attack took place on Monday, with the ship finally sinking on
Wednesday. Yemeni forces captured footage of the operation. Several
crewmembers were reportedly killed, and others remain missing. The YAF said
it evacuated some of the crew for medical treatment.

A day earlier, on Sunday, Yemen targeted and sank the Magic Seas vessel –
also releasing footage of the operation.

Friday’s KAN report coincides with anticipation for a potential Israeli
escalation against Yemen.

On 7 July, Israel carried out widespread attacks on Yemen. Tel Aviv said
its latest attack on Yemen marked the start of a military operation against
the country, dubbed Operation Black Flag. The YAF announced
<https://thecradle.co/articles/yemen-targets-tel-aviv-vows-expansion-of-pro-palestine-operations>
a large-scale missile and drone attack on several Israeli targets that day
in response to heavy Israeli airstrikes.

Following the start of Yemen’s naval campaign in 2023, Washington attempted
to muster up a coalition to stop Sanaa’s operations.

The US formed an international naval coalition under the name Prosperity
Guardian
<https://thecradle.co/articles/hesitation-among-us-allies-leaves-operation-prosperity-guardian-in-dire-straits>,
which gained little traction and failed to deter Sanaa from continuing its
attacks.

Very few nations offered to contribute
<https://thecradle.co/articles/us-gives-spain-ultimatum-to-rectify-its-decision-and-join-anti-yemen-alliance>
warships, and others only deployed a mere handful of staff officers.

An EU military mission in the Red Sea called Operation Aspides
<https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24740> also suffered a similar failure.

“We didn’t necessarily expect this level of threat. There was an
uninhibited violence that was quite surprising and very significant,”
the commander
of a French warship <https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24362> said in April
2024 after running out of munitions and being forced to turn tail and exit
the Red Sea.

Last year, US Navy officials acknowledged
<https://thecradle.co/articles/us-navys-battle-against-yemen-largest-since-wwii>
that confrontations with Yemeni forces marked the most intense naval combat
Washington had faced since the Second World War.

During US President Donald Trump’s latest campaign against Yemen, which
killed an unprecedented
<https://thecradle.co/articles/trumps-war-on-yemen-caused-unprecedented-civilian-death-toll>
number of civilians, Washington burned through around $1 billion in
munitions and failed
<https://thecradle.co/articles/us-readiness-for-face-off-with-china-hurt-by-costly-yemen-campaign-report>
to significantly impact Yemeni military capabilities, sources have
confirmed to western media.
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