{"id":17639,"date":"2025-03-20T15:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=17639"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:40:10","slug":"israel-gains-legal-backing-as-us-adopts-similar-military-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israel-gains-legal-backing-as-us-adopts-similar-military-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Gains Legal Backing as US Adopts Similar Military Tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent days, the United States has resumed its airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The terrorist organization has already reported dozens of casualties, including several officers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Legitimate Target for Attack?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch, a legal expert and researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, highlighted a crucial question this morning (Thursday): &#8220;Is a civilian who conceals his role as a terrorist a legitimate target for attack?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Hirsch, the latest US strikes on Houthi leaders in Yemen not only weaken the organization but also reinforce Israel\u2019s legal position in its fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17642\" style=\"width: 1017px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17642 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/yemen2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1017\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/yemen2.jpeg 1017w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/yemen2-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/yemen2-768x478.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attacks in Yemen at the beginning of the week | Fair use under Section 27A of the Copyright Law<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Legitimate Targets Even When Asleep&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hirsch further explained that in its attacks on Yemen, the US applied the same approach as Israel. &#8220;The Houthis are terrorists, no different from their Hamas counterparts within the Iranian terror axis. As such, their members and leadership are legitimate targets even when they are asleep in their beds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When the US struck Houthi leaders in their homes, it not only targeted terrorists but also, &#8220;perhaps unintentionally,&#8221; Hirsch suggested, &#8220;provided significant support for Israel\u2019s approach toward Hamas terrorists in Gaza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;A Far Broader Legal Security Blanket&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The significance of this support cannot be overstated,&#8221; Hirsch emphasized. If hostile entities such as the UN and the International Criminal Court were to rule that Israel\u2019s military actions are illegitimate, &#8220;they would, in effect, also be condemning the similar American approach,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Hirsch concluded that &#8220;since singling out Israel, or even prosecuting senior Israeli officials for acting according to the laws of war accepted by Western nations, would constitute discrimination, the latest US attack not only helps defend Israel against direct Houthi aggression backed by Iran but also provides Israel with a much broader legal security blanket.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could the recent US attacks in Yemen strengthen Israel\u2019s legitimacy at the UN? Researcher Maurice Hirsch explains that if hostile actors were to declare Israel\u2019s military actions illegitimate, &#8220;they would effectively be condemning the similar American approach as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":17641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,66,8,6],"tags":[1476,1531,2396],"class_list":["post-17639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-legal","category-politics","category-security","tag-gaza","tag-houthis","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Israel Gains Legal Backing as US Adopts Similar Military Tactics - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israel Gains Legal Backing as US Adopts Similar Military Tactics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Could the recent US attacks in Yemen strengthen Israel\u2019s legitimacy at the UN? 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