{"id":231,"date":"2026-03-19T18:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/?p=231"},"modified":"2026-03-19T18:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:02:52","slug":"houthi-leader-israel-targeting-region-to-establish-greater-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/houthi-leader-israel-targeting-region-to-establish-greater-israel\/231\/","title":{"rendered":"Houthi Leader: Israel Targeting Region to Establish &#8216;Greater Israel&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Houthi movement leader has claimed that Israel is targeting the region in preparation for the establishment of a \u201cGreater Israel.\u201d The assertion was quoted in a March 19, 2026 tweet by Open Source Intel, which included the leader\u2019s words: \u201cIsrael [is] targeting the region in preparation for the establishment of \u2018Greater Israel\u2019.\u201d The post did not provide independent verification, and no immediate reaction from other parties was included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Houthi Leader: &quot;Israel [is] targeting the region in preparation for the establishment of &#39;Greater Israel&#39;.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3jwIbtN2Cr\">pic.twitter.com\/3jwIbtN2Cr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osint613\/status\/2034719655739224546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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