The Prime Minister, Mitfi Bennett, this evening (Saturday night) explicitly sided with Saudi Arabia and condemned the Houthi missile attack on the country's territory.
Prime Minister Bennett wrote: "The State of Israel expresses its sorrow to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the face of the difficult attack led by the Houthis, who are supported by Iran.
"This attack is further proof that Iran's regional aggression knows no borders, reinforcing the fear of removing the Revolutionary Guards from the list of terrorist organizations."
The Houthi pro-Iranian militia in Yemen on Friday attacked a number of targets in Saudi Arabia, including the oil facility in the western city of Jeddah.
Local TV channels documented for hours the huge fire that broke out at the site.
There were no casualties in the attack, but at least two reservoirs at the Jeddah facility were damaged.
The Houthi militia claimed in a media statement that they had attacked other sensitive facilities in the capital Riyadh.
Following the attack, the price of barrel oil soared to more than $ 120.
Saudi officials have raised the tone in their statements in the face of Iran's support for the Houthi militia.
Princess Rima Bender al-Saud, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, said that "Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists continue to attack our civilians, infrastructure and energy facilities with Iran's impunity.
The international community must take action against this aggression against innocent civilians and the world's energy supply.
" The oil and gas facilities and refineries of Saudi Arabia.
The source reiterated that the kingdom would not be held responsible for any shortage of oil supplies to international markets while the Houthi terrorist attacks on oil facilities continued.
Meanwhile, the Saudi Air Force announced that the Houthi militia had launched more than 400 ballistic missiles and 1,000 drones during the war, most of which the air defense systems had managed to intercept and destroy. On Friday, the coalition announced that it had managed to destroy nine ml. Tim launched towards her.
The U.S. State Department condemned the Houthi attack, as did a long line of Arab states, including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait. Cairo stands next to Riyadh. Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen, who opposed what he described as a "cowardly terrorist attack" but did not name the Houthis, joined the condemnation.
Yesterday marked the seventh anniversary of Operation Decisive Storm of the Saudi Coalition in Yemen which soon turned into a bloody war.
The operation began after Houthi forces tried to take over the country by force and occupied the capital Sanaa.
About 150,000 people were killed during the war, including about 14,500 civilians.
It is estimated that tens of thousands of Yemeni children died of starvation in the first three years after the fighting broke out.
Meanwhile, pictures of the Azadi building in Tehran lit up with figures of the Houthi leaders were published on the Internet.
At the same time, Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir 'Abd al-Lahian met with Lebanese Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon on Friday.
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