In recent months, the defense establishment has identified significant advancement in the capabilities of the Houthis in Yemen, both in the self-production of advanced UAVs and long-range missiles based on Iranian knowledge with local engineers, and in the use of underground facilities to produce and store them. ynet has learned that the IDF is also closely monitoring attempts to implement an 'Al-Aqsa Flood' plan among the Houthis: an imitation of Hamas's invasion of Israel on October 7 through a large-scale operation that would begin from the east, from Jordan or Syria, or from both simultaneously.

