Israel unable to neutralize Houthis in contrast to Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran

Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, head of IDF Spokesperson's Unit, acknowledged the battle would be complex.
And despite massive Israeli air power, the Houthis have continued their assaults.

That stands in contrast to Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran — three other enemies Israel has largely neutralized over the past 15 months.

“Israel has many years of familiarity with those enemies.
There is intelligence and there is the important element of a ground maneuver, and in Yemen we can’t do that.

The scale here is different,” said Eyal Pinko, a former Israeli defense official and senior research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, an Israeli think tank.

Yemen does not border Israel, and Israel cannot easily stage a ground invasion as it has in Gaza and Lebanon to dismantle enemies’ infrastructure. Israel has to orchestrate complex air missions to fly to Yemen, which are costly and limited in what they can achieve.

Pinko also said the Houthis have learned over years of fighting against a Saudi-led coalition how to bounce back from airstrikes.