British Airways’ suspension of Tel Aviv flights admission of success of Yemeni ops: Activist
The decision by British Airways to extend the suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv until the end of July, citing “security concerns,” is an implicit admission of the success of Yemeni military operations, says an activist.
In an interview with the Press TV website, Ahmed Hassan Zaid, a prominent Yemeni social media activist and influencer, said Western states have finally begun to acknowledge Yemen’s military prowess.
“The British decision is not just a security measure, but an implicit acknowledgment of the failure of the Israeli defense systems and of the success of Yemeni military operations in imposing a new regional deterrence equation,” he stated.
Zaid added that the decision comes as the West has learned from its “painful experience” in the Red Sea, where Yemeni forces have conducted powerful and calculated strikes in solidarity with the people of Palestine amid the ongoing Israeli-American genocidal war on Gaza.
Since the onset of the war in October 2023, which has killed nearly 54,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, Yemeni forces have carried out a series of operations, striking targets across the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as American ships in regional waters.
In support of its ally Israel, the US announced the formation of a maritime task force in the Red Sea in December 2023 to protect vessels bound for the Israeli-occupied territories.
The Yemeni forces responded by escalating their strikes against strategic Israeli and American targets, including US warships and aircraft carriers deployed off Yemen’s coastline.
In recent months, the Yemeni military has repeatedly and successfully targeted Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, causing chaos and forcing settlers and travelers to take cover.
