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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">Israel lobbies Washington to restart war on Yemen: Report</h1><p class="gmail-">Sources told Hebrew media that Tel Aviv is calling for the formation of a new coalition against Sanaa</p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span style="color:rgb(84,88,94)">JUL 11, 2025 - </span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-lobbies-washington-to-restart-war-on-yemen-report">https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-lobbies-washington-to-restart-war-on-yemen-report</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="https://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/8a519412-5e5f-11f0-bde5-00163e02c055.webp" alt="" width="467" height="263" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span>(Photo credit: AP)</span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span class="gmail-article-body"><p>Israel is <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-urging-us-to-resume-strikes-on-yemens-houthis-form-broad-coalition-report/">pressuring</a>
the US to restart its campaign against the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF)
and Ansarallah movement in Yemen, according to reports in Israeli
media. </p><p>According to Israel\u2019s Broadcasting Corporation (KAN),
Yemeni attacks on vessels headed to Israeli ports \u201ccan no longer remain
solely an Israeli problem.\u201d</p><p>Sources told the outlet that Tel Aviv
has been calling for \u201cmore intense combined attacks against Houthi
regime targets \u2013 not just [Israeli] air force fighter jet strikes, but
also a renewal of American attacks and the formation of a coalition
including additional countries,\u201d an informed source told KAN. </p><p>Another anonymous security official said that \u201ca broad coalition is needed to convey to the Houthi regime that it is in danger.\u201d</p><p>The report comes after the YAF sunk two Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged vessels which were en route to Israeli ports. </p><p>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 However, it never rescinded the blockade it imposed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. </p><p>It has also continued to target Israel with ballistic missiles in support of the people and resistance in Gaza. </p><p>The
YAF announced on 10 July that it targeted Tel Aviv\u2019s 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. </p><p>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. </p><p>A day earlier, on Sunday, Yemen targeted and sank the Magic Seas vessel \u2013 also releasing footage of the operation.</p><p>Friday\u2019s KAN report coincides with anticipation for a potential Israeli escalation against Yemen. </p><p>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 <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/yemen-targets-tel-aviv-vows-expansion-of-pro-palestine-operations">announced</a> a large-scale missile and drone attack on several Israeli targets that day in response to heavy Israeli airstrikes.</p><p>Following
the start of Yemen\u2019s naval campaign in 2023, Washington attempted to
muster up a coalition to stop Sanaa\u2019s operations. </p><p>The US formed an international naval coalition under the name <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/hesitation-among-us-allies-leaves-operation-prosperity-guardian-in-dire-straits">Prosperity Guardian</a>, which gained little traction and failed to deter Sanaa from continuing its attacks.</p><p>Very few nations offered to <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/us-gives-spain-ultimatum-to-rectify-its-decision-and-join-anti-yemen-alliance">contribute</a> warships, and others only deployed a mere handful of staff officers.</p><p>An EU military mission in the Red Sea called <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24740">Operation Aspides</a> also suffered a similar failure.</p><p>\u201cWe
didn\u2019t necessarily expect this level of threat. There was an
uninhibited violence that was quite surprising and very significant,\u201d
the <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24362">commander of a French warship</a> said in April 2024 after running out of munitions and being forced to turn tail and exit the Red Sea.</p><p>Last year, US Navy officials <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/us-navys-battle-against-yemen-largest-since-wwii">acknowledged</a> that confrontations with Yemeni forces marked the most intense naval combat Washington had faced since the Second World War.</p><p>During US President Donald Trump\u2019s latest campaign against Yemen, which killed an <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/trumps-war-on-yemen-caused-unprecedented-civilian-death-toll">unprecedented</a> number of civilians, Washington burned through around $1 billion in munitions and <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/us-readiness-for-face-off-with-china-hurt-by-costly-yemen-campaign-report">failed</a> to significantly impact Yemeni military capabilities, sources have confirmed to western media. </p></span></div></div></div></div>
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