The fight of the Palestinian people and the Arc of Resistance against Zionism has been going on for 288 days. On July 19, local time, Yemen's Houthis used a long-range drone to carry out an airstrike on Tel Aviv, the capital of Israel, killing one Israel and injuring ten others. The attack set a record for a long-range attack by a Houthi drone and was the first time Tel Aviv had been attacked by a drone.
After Tel Aviv was bombed, Israel's defenses were clearly broken, and Israel Defense Minister Gallant and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately spoke out that they would retaliate against the Houthis. Sure enough, on 20 July, the Israel Air Force's retaliation came as scheduled. According to Yemen's Houthi spokesman Yahya · Salia, the Israel Air Force dispatched fighter jets to carry out airstrikes on substations, oil depots and other facilities in Yemen's Hodeidah port, injuring 80 people. According to the video from the scene, the oil depot near the port of Hodeidah was attacked, and after the attack, the oil depot was in flames and thick smoke, but fortunately it was far away from the residential area and did not cause more casualties.
Details of the Israeli attack
According to the Israel Air Force, the operation, codenamed "Operation Long Arm", does reflect the so-called "long arm" characteristics from a military point of view, and partially demonstrates the strong combat effectiveness of the Israel Air Force.
In terms of combat distance, the Israel Air Force dispatched fighter planes to attack Hodeidah, and the fighters may have taken off from two air bases in southern Israel, namely Beersheba Air Base and Ramon Air Base, after taking off, entering the Red Sea Aqaba Bay from the Eilat region, and then crossing the Tiran Strait into the Red Sea, and then flying south along the Red Sea until entering the coastal waters of Yemen, carrying out air strikes, and then turning around and returning along the same road. The one-way flight is up to 1,900 kilometers, and the round trip is close to 4,000 kilometers, without landing in between. At present, there is no sign that the Israel Air Force has borrowed Saudi airspace, but even if it is borrowed from Saudi airspace, it is not far away.
Judging from the strength of the Israel Air Force, the Israel Air Force used a variety of aircraft types to carry out an extremely complex joint operation against the Houthis in this air attack. The Israel Air Force has confirmed 12 aircraft including F-35A and F-15I fighters, as well as KC-707 air tankers, which are first deployed over the Red Sea. Then the fighter group set sail, and after the fighter group completed its mission, it was refueled in the air over the Red Sea.
The whole process of flight and operation, according to the Israel Air Force itself, is said to have been completed independently by the Israeli army, but considering that the Israeli army's sortie radius is as high as 1,900 kilometers, it is inevitable that Israel's own intelligence support will not be able to independently indicate the target, and the Israel Air Force now has only 6 KC-707 tanker aircraft, and the size of the tanker fleet is not necessarily enough.
Therefore, there are rumors that the United States Air Force/Naval Air Force has implemented target designation for the Israel Air Force, and Big Ivan believes that the probability is relatively high. The Israel army also said that before the air strike, the Israeli army had informed the "allies", and these "allies" Big Ivan believed that in addition to Britain and the United States, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were also included.
Needless to say, the latter is actually difficult to say whether he is more worried about Israel or worried about the arc of resistance, although it may not open its airspace to Israel, but so far there is no other action except to protest against Israel. Therefore, it is more likely that the actions of the Israel Air Force will be silently watched on the radar, with one eye open and one eye closed.
Therefore, in general, the Israel Air Force fighter air attack on Hodeidah, the flight distance is extremely long, the combat radius reaches 1900 kilometers, the flight support of the aircraft group is relatively complete, in addition to ground support, there is also air refueling accompanying support, and the timing of the assault is relatively sudden. Of course, in terms of the Houthis' air defense capabilities, the Houthis themselves have little air defense capabilities, and the air strikes are carried out while taking into account the demands of all parties in diplomacy, which is a good performance of the Israel Air Force in the air raid on the port of Hodeidah.
Of course, the Israel Air Force did not choose any key parts of the Houthis in the selection of targets. On the one hand, after more than a decade of struggle by the Houthis, all military targets are highly dispersed, and it is difficult for the Israel army to find concentrated military targets for the Houthis; With such a long combat radius and most of the military targets being time-sensitive targets, it is difficult for the Israel army to achieve real-time target designation. Therefore, after weighing, the Israel Air Force still chose a relatively easy fixed target oil depot and blew up a big fireworks, at least it can be fun for the poor ghosts in the country.
What to think of this attack
After the Israel Air Force has finished bombing, how the Houthis will move next is the focus of attention from the outside world. In fact, we don't think it's right, we mentioned from the beginning, whether it is the Palestinian resistance group, or the Houthis in Yemen and other members of the arc of resistance, the basic strategy against Israel is one: protracted war.
The Middle Easterners themselves have said that United States have watches, Arabs have time, Israel have a small land area and a small basic population, and now in order to massacre the Palestinian people, even more than 2 million Haredi Jews are not spared, and they are ready to conscript these fundamentalist native Jews, which means that after Israel has been fighting in the Gaza Strip for nearly a year, there have been big problems in both equipment and troops, and it needs to dry up and fish.
The air raid on the port of Hodeidah in Yemen is actually also a reason, the Israel Air Force dispatched 12 fighters in order to attack the port of Hodeidah, especially a large number of tankers and other support models, the round-trip flight distance is close to 4,000 kilometers, has not yet landed, and the estimated flight time is more than 5 hours. This is a great test of the pilot's physical fitness, you can fly once in a while, and if you want to fly every day, you can exhaust the pilot to death.
And considering the size of the Israel Air Force's air tanker fleet, this is probably the limit of the Israeli army's air attack on Hodeidah's aircraft group, if the Israel Air Force dispatches so many fighters to attack Hodeidah every day, the number of attack planes is not much, and the round-trip loss time is too much, in fact, it will not last long.
Compared to the Israel Air Force and acrobatics, it took an old nose to attack Hodeidah, the Houthis did not think so much, anyway, the drone does not need a pilot, just rub it and put it directly to Israel, and the Israel Air Force is difficult to maintain the current intensity of air strikes for a long time.
And as the Houthis gradually disperse the military targets in their hands, the effect of the air strikes of the Israel Air Force will show a rapid decline in marginal effect, but for the Houthis, Israel's cities and ports cannot be moved, and the attack on Israel's cities and Israel's social wealth can continue forever, which can be said to be a unique strategic advantage of the Arc of Resistance for the Arc of Resistance.
As far as the Houthi ship raids are concerned, the current port of Eilat in Israel has been bankrupted by the Houthis, and the city of Eilat is also in ruins. As long as the Israel Arc of Resistance can continue to carry out this strategy, not be intimidated by the occasional air raid of the Israel Israel and carry out the occasional air raid, and persist in the long-term struggle, then the Israel will inevitably be unable to withstand it.
In fact, at present, the Houthis have said that they will retaliate against Israel, and this retaliation is probably the use of drones and other equipment, continuous air strikes on Israel cities, as much as possible to harass Israel, and interfere with Israel's production and life. This tactic will not work in the early days, but in the long run, as the saying goes, ants eat elephants, and in the end, Israel will not be able to hold on, so it can only throw in the towel and accept a plan that benefits the Palestinians, and there is still full confidence.
In addition, it should be said that from the current situation, Trump's election as the next president of United States is a highly probable event. Republicans, represented by Trump, have always supported Israel in killing Palestinians on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, which belongs to the kind that has no bottom line against humanity. There are also many squid in the country who say that Netanyahu, a war criminal, has finally passed the most difficult moment, and he can now let go of the massacre of Palestinians. It also means that the battle between the Palestinians and the Arc of Resistance against Zionism will continue for a long time.
However, we must be sure that Israel, a country with a small number of people, and shallow strategic depth, will be hurt by the slightest loss, and whether it is the Palestinians or all the military forces in the arc of resistance, we must adhere to independence and freedom, take ourselves as the mainstay, and not be afraid of sacrifice and difficult struggle. You know, the Chinese people have sacrificed about 20 million martyrs in order to fight for independence, freedom and liberation, how can Palestinians, who also strive for their own independence and liberation, not be prepared to make sacrifices for independence and freedom?