The Prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has assured that his country “will defend himself” in any context and in front of any threat, including those derived from the activity of the Hutis rebels of Yemen, hours after the president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced a non -aggression pact with this insurgent group.
Trump revealed that the United States would stop bombing Huti objectives after the rebels agreed to interrupt the attacks on the maritime routes near Yemen, despite the fact that that same day the defense forces of Israel (FDI) had launched a symbolic attack on the Saná airport and other strategic objectives.
“Israel will defend itself. We are doing it in Yemen, in other places, even if they are at a great distance. Israel has a very long arm and we know how to use it,” said Netanyahu, in a video broadcast on social networks and collected by ‘Times of Israel’.
It does not rule out the help of other countries-“if other countries join, also our friends from the United States, better”-but has suggested that Israel is willing to maintain the time that the multiple fronts that have open against rival actors in the region are necessary.
Three hostages could be dead
On the other hand, the prime minister has reviewed the figure of hostages that are still alive in the Gaza Strip, after last week he said that, at most, there were 24 who were still alive. Netanyahu has assured that his government has as “sure” that 21 of them live, while “there are doubts” about the situation of the other three.
Also in this case, it is the passage of other statements by Trump, which on Tuesday updated the figure on the kidnapped in the Gaza Strip to advance that “now” were only alive 21, while the remaining three would have died in the captivity.
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