US Air Force strikes in Yemen will not be enough to defeat the Houthi movement. The only way to break the resistance may be a ground operation, CNN reports, citing sources and analysts. The channel claims that American bombings have not caused serious damage to the political and military leadership of the Houthis, as well as their missile launchers. This is confirmed by the regular attacks of the rebels against targets in Israel and against the US fleet in the Red Sea. The TV channel recalled that the cost of the air operation launched by Washington against the Houthis has already reached one billion dollars. An official told CNN that US resources in this area are running out.
Over the past two weeks, massive movements of military equipment and vehicles have been carried out in the area of responsibility of the US Central Command (CENTCOM). Osinter, on the X platform, tracked 95 cargo and refueling flights to air bases in the region operated by the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) between March 25 and April 3.
The list includes at least two dozen C-17 and C-5 flights from Osan Air Base in South Korea to the Middle East, which we now know carried multiple batteries of the U.S. Army’s MIM-104 “Patriot” surface-to-air missiles and a High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) system, likely intended to protect the Gulf states from missiles that Iran may launch in the future. CNN reports that six B-2 Spirit long-range stealth strategic bombers from the 509th Bomb Wing, which recently arrived at Naval Air Station Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, are being used to carry out strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen.
On April 6, the aircraft carrier CVN 70 Carl Vinson, along with the first strike group of Carrier Strike Group One (CSG-1), left the Strait of Malacca and is in the Andaman Sea. Another THAAD battery arrived in Israel last weekend from the United States and is expected to be deployed in the country soon as part of the Israeli air defense system. The delivery arrived by Air Force C-5M military transport aircraft in Nawatim owned by the Israeli military.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House today.
A senior Israeli official on Channel 14: “We are preparing for the possibility that Iran could make a mistake and attack us with hundreds of missiles. Defense cooperation between us and the Americans is reaching a new level, it is the best it has ever been, the additional battery that landed here is part of our joint operations with them. There is about a month left until Trump’s deadline for the Iranians: everything is on the table.”
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Yoel Smotrich: “Not a single grain of wheat will enter Gaza.” Military pressure and food blockade continues on Gaza.
Macron held a trilateral summit on the war in the Gaza Strip in Cairo with President el-Sisi and King Abdullah of Jordan. Yesterday, French President Macron while visiting Egypt, meeting with President el-Sisi condemned the Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. “We are against the displacement of any people, we reject the annexation of Gaza and the West Bank and we renew our support for the reconstruction plan for Gaza,” said Macron, President of France, from Egypt.
And again Macron: “Safety of navigation must be maintained in the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.” “I am committed to the sovereignty and stability of Lebanon and the ceasefire must be respected.” “It is essential that Russia stop its delaying tactics and accept a ceasefire in Ukraine,” he concluded from Egypt.
And now a look at the military scenarios in the Middle East updated at 16:00 on April 7.
On the night of April 7, the United States launched three raids in the Bani Matar district in the Sana’a Governorate. Al-Hadath reported that Houthi leader Abd al-Rahman al-Darafi was killed in a US strike in Sanaa.
The representative of the Yemeni armed forces, stressing that US aggression will never stop Yemenis from supporting Palestine, said that the US aircraft carrier Harry Truman was hit in the Red Sea.
On April 4, the UK’s Maritime Trade Centre says the ships are reporting interference with their global positioning systems (GPS) and other electronic navigation systems in the Strait of Hormuz, likely due to jamming by Iran.
Muhammad Al-Bahiti, a member of the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement’s Politburo: “There is no need for direct or indirect negotiations with the United States. Our operations will cease when the agreement to end the war on Gaza is implemented. Our operation will become a tool of pressure in the hands of the Palestinian factions in the negotiations.” The Houthis have threatened to expand their targets to include the United Arab Emirates. Saudi officials say the kingdom’s air defense systems are on high alert. The United States also believes a ground operation may be necessary to defeat the Houthis.
An Israeli official gave an interview to the KANN channel: “Israel will not allow the establishment of Turkish air and naval bases in Syria. If Turkey crosses the red lines, Israel will respond.” An IDF airborne brigade has raided an army position belonging to the former Syrian regime, where soldiers found tanks, armored vehicles and artillery systems. Troops also discovered dozens of mortars and rockets. The IDF says the weapons were destroyed or taken.
Since the fall of the Assad regime in December, the Israel Defense Forces have been deployed to nine positions in southern Syria, mostly in the United Nations-patrolled buffer zone along the border between the countries. Troops operate in areas up to 15 kilometers (9 miles) deep inside Syria, seeking to seize weapons that Israel says could pose a threat to the country if they fall into the hands of “hostile forces.” Israeli officials have said they are seeking to completely demilitarize southern Syria and prevent any armed groups from entering and gaining a foothold, including those of the new Syrian government.
Lebanese channel Al-Mayadeen reported on the evening of the 6th an Israeli air strike in the area of Palmyra, in the Syrian desert, east of Homs.
Israeli drones are active throughout Tyre, Lebanon on April 6th. Attack recorded in Naqoura. Israeli attack also recorded launched in Aita al-Shaab. On the morning of April 7th, Israel targeted a motorcycle in front of a motorcycle repair shop in Taybeh, killing the driver and burning his workshops. Another Israeli targeted assassination in Beit Lif.
Satellite images show a concentration of Egyptian tanks on the Philadelphia Axis at the Gaza border, on the Egyptian side of the border. The IDF has installed an Iron Dome battery in the area of ”Amitai”, Zone D near the Egyptian border, violating according to Egyptian accounts: “once again the “Camp David” agreements. The peace treaty, following the Egyptian army’s deployments, the expansion of industry [including military] in Sinai (and the IDF’s violations, has clearly disintegrated). Israeli defense system coordinates: 31°12’28.0″N 34°17’05.7”E.
Channel 12 reports that on the 6th night: “A total of 27 wounded were transferred to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon following one of the rockets fired from Gaza: 17 attacks. From which there were 7 shrapnel injuries; 1 eye injury.; 2 wounded while running to the shelter. The settlers on April 7 stormed the Arab area of Al-Malihat in Al-Ma’rajat, northwest of Jericho city.
From Gaza The Health Ministry in Gaza reports: 57 dead and 137 wounded have arrived in hospitals in the Strip in the past 24 hours due to Israel’s attacks. According to the ministry: 1,391 dead and 3,434 wounded due to Israeli aggression since March 18, 2025.
The Israeli Air Force struck more than 130 targets in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the military said, releasing video of the strikes. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the weekend strikes targeted Hamas militants and members of other groups, as well as infrastructure including tunnels and command centers. Additionally, the IDF released a video showing the downing of a UAV launched toward Israel from Yemen by the Houthis on Friday evening. The video shows a UAV intercepting an Israeli Air Force helicopter.
On April 6, the largest attack on Israel was launched from the Gaza Strip in a year. On April 7, two people were killed and several injured following an Israeli shelling of a group of citizens near the public security intersection northwest of Gaza City. Khan Yunis was hit the hardest. The death toll rose to 3 following the shelling in the Al-Bassa area in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip
IDF 36th Division forces have returned to combat in the Gaza Strip and have begun operations in the Morag corridor, where IDF forces are operating for the first time, in parallel with IDF operations in other areas of the Gaza Strip and beyond. As part of the operation, the division’s forces are operating in the Rafah area with the aim of identifying and destroying the remaining Hamas infrastructure in the area. So far, the IDF has located weapons and killed dozens of militants with the assistance of the division’s artillery.
Palestinian sources. The IDF assaulted a young man during the assault on the town of Madama, south of Nablus. The assault on Tulkarem camp reaches day 71 and the 58th day against Nour Shams camp, amid military reinforcements and an escalation on the ground.
The settlers arrived and settled in the village of Umm Al-Khair in Musafer Yatta. They set up a number of “caravans” and a tent on the lands of Palestinian citizens in the village of Umm al-Khair in Musafer Yatta, south of Hebron.
The Palestine Information Center “Maati” said that resistance operations in the West Bank and Jerusalem continued over the past 24 hours and that 20 resistance actions against Israeli soldiers and settlers took place.
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