00:00Do you expect, perhaps, as the focus moves away from Lebanon and Gaza, where there could
00:05be a ceasefire deal, we don't know, but in the days ahead, could there be a shift in
00:10focus now towards Yemen, do you think?
00:12I think there could be something of a shift, but I don't think that what kept Israel from
00:18responding more significantly until now was the ongoing fighting on the other fronts.
00:25It was a hope that maybe more limited responses and international responses might do it.
00:31Unfortunately, the international response has been quite limited, although the U.S.
00:36did launch a limited attack on the Houthis, I believe it was yesterday.
00:43Yemen is very, very far from Israel.
00:45It's not like Gaza or Hezbollah in Lebanon, where flight time is maybe a couple of minutes,
00:51if that.
00:52This is far away.
00:55It's about as far as the outer limits, let's say, of Israel's capabilities.
01:01Launching an operation such as this is, even if it's not a big attack, it's a big operation
01:05because of the distances, the need for refueling command and control aircraft, intelligence
01:11aircraft, and rescue aircraft.
01:13So it's a big deal.
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