Middle East: The Yemeni Armed Forces’ operation targeting Ramon Airport in southern occupied Palestine marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing confrontation with the Zionist entity, sending layered political, military, and strategic messages with long-term implications.

Analysts highlight that the strike underscored Yemen’s ability to disrupt vital air and maritime corridors, imposing heavy economic and security costs on the enemy. The attack also exposed the fragility of the Zionist air defense system, as advanced radar and interception networks—including the Iron Dome—failed to detect or stop the Yemeni drones, which appear to have incorporated advanced stealth capabilities.

Ramon Airport is the Zionist entity’s backup hub following repeated disruptions at Lod Airport (Ben Gurion), also targeted in previous Yemeni operations in solidarity with Gaza. By threatening both airports, Yemen signals its capacity to paralyze the enemy’s civil and military aviation, a move that undermines the entity’s claims of invulnerability and inflicts significant economic losses.

Politically, the operation carried a clear warning: any Zionist aggression against Yemen will trigger stronger retaliatory strikes deep inside the enemy’s territory. Observers note that this positions Yemen firmly within the regional resistance axis ignited by Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, placing it alongside Palestinian resistance factions at the forefront of the confrontation.

The attack also reinforced Yemen’s role as a strategic threat through its naval blockade against Zionist-linked shipping and its expanding drone and missile arsenal capable of bypassing American and Zionist defenses. The ability to strike Ramon Airport, despite close US-Israeli coordination, raises doubts over Washington’s capacity to shield its allies—echoing past failures in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Experts say the operation further erodes the Zionist deterrence doctrine. As multiple fronts—from Gaza to Lebanon and Yemen—intensify, the enemy faces growing difficulty in managing simultaneous threats. The Ramon Airport strike demonstrates Yemen’s emergence as a decisive regional actor able to reshape power balances and impose new equations on the battlefield.

Translated by Almasirah English website