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Mossad chief calls to target Iran in response to Houthi attacks—report

Jerusalem should “go for the head, Iran,” said David Barnea.

Mossad chief David Barnea attends a state ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7 of last year which sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 27, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg FLASH90.
Mossad chief David Barnea attends a state ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7 of last year which sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 27, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg FLASH90.

Mossad Director David Barnea is advocating for an Israeli strike on Iran in response to attacks on Israel carried out by the Houthis, a Yemen-based proxy of Tehran, according to a Sunday report in Ynet.

Officials familiar with recent high-level meetings said that Barnea argued that Jerusalem should “go for the head, Iran.”

Multiple Houthi missiles have hit Tel Aviv and its environs in recent days, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to promise the Israeli public that the terror group would be dealt with.

“Just as we have acted forcefully against the terror arms of Iran’s axis of evil, so too will we act against the Houthis,” he said on Sunday.

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