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Netanyahu Accuses Iran of Seeking Means to Hit Israel from Yemen

Zlatica Hoke

   WASHINGTON -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused
   Iran of seeking means to launch missiles at Israel from Yemen, where
   Tehran supports Houthi rebels. Netanyahu made the remark during a visit
   by a U.S. delegation, including presidential adviser Jared Kushner and
   U.S. secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin. Netanyahu is calling for
   tougher sanctions against Iran.

   Netanyahu spoke of Iran's threat to Israel at an event in Jerusalem on
   Monday, coinciding with the visit of high U.S. officials.

   "Iran wants to develop precision-guided missiles that can hit any
   target in Israel within five to 10 meters. Iran wants to use Iran,
   Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen as bases to attack Israel with
   statistical missiles and precision-guided missiles. That is a great,
   great danger. To ward off this danger, we have to do two things. First
   we must unite, because in the face of danger, we unite," he said.

   But at a meeting Sunday between Israel's longtime leader and his chief
   political rival Benny Gantz, unity remained elusive. Israel's President
   Reuven Rivlin has tasked Gantz with trying to form a government after
   Netanyahu failed to do so after two inconclusive elections this year.

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