Israel DOES have a habit of using violence to settle disputes, much like its protector, the US.

....or on Israel/Sunni terms.

American forces have killed numerous allied forces in a host of friendly fire incidents over the years.

Including some survivors of that attack.

An air strike on a Scud missile base in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa triggered a big explosion that killed 25 people and wounded almost 400 on Monday, state news agency Saba said.

Saudi Arabia has led an alliance of Sunni Arab countries in air strikes against the Iran-allied Shi'ite Houthi group and army units loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

"Twenty-five citizens were killed and more than 398 were wounded, mostly women and children, according to a preliminary figure after the Saudi aggression's bombing today," said the agency, which is run by the Houthis.

The number could not be immediately verified, but medical sources told Reuters at least 15 people had been killed and scores wounded.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/20/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN0NB0R820150420

I'm being polite, if you watch the video the base is on land not imbedded into the side of a mountain like Iranian nuclear facilities, big boom seems the main point but it was weapons depot so of course there was a huge explosion, the rest is conjecture

here's another story on the incident from al Jazeera

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/yemen-sanaa-explosions-150420090515770.html

What we see in that video is a primary explosion, not secondary as well.

From the Jerusalem Post
Preserving strong ties with the United States is a necessity for Israel's security, former IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said at the Calcalist conference on Tuesday.

"We must preserve ties with the United States. I believe this is a security necessity," he said.

In the past three years, he noted, US taxpayers have contributed more to the Israeli defense budget than Israeli taxpayers.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Ashkenazi-Preserving-US-ties-a-security-necessity

Israel provides the killers in the Middle East and the US taxpayers fund them. How much do taxpayers contribute each year to fund these killers? Try 3.15 billion a year! That is a lot of money for mercenaries!

Given that U.S. military aid to Israel was $2.775 billion in 2010, $3 billion in 2011, $3.07 billion in 2012 (and $3.15 billion per year from 2013-2018) while Israel's defense budget is around $15 billion, it made us wonder how much Israeli taxpayers contribute and where the other $12 billion non-U.S. aid comes from.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much-america-really-spends-on-israels-defense-2012-9#ixzz3YY0qdwuC

On the whole it's a very "provincial " country that has an inferiority complex next to the USA and its main point of patriotism or nationalism or the only glue that keeps it together is their anti-Americanism.

And the most hilarious thing is the indifference of Americans.

I think us Americans just consider Canada to be another one of our states.

Or possibly an attempt to deflect from uncomfortable truths that you do not wish to discuss?

Or an attempt at provocation?

Have you ever red "The Ugly American"? It is an interesting book.

One can criticize as much as one wants Americans but I see the psyche of the inferiority complex of some Canadians / collective.

Meaning that ALL of any grouping behave similarly? Perhaps you should utilize your keen analytical method to document your assertions.

I will await your documentation, oh exemplar of American exceptionalism.

Your two posts:
On the whole it's a very "provincial " country that has an inferiority complex next to the USA and its main point of patriotism or nationalism or the only glue that keeps it together is their anti-Americanism.

And the most hilarious thing is the indifference of Americans.

I think us Americans just consider Canada to be another one of our states.
One can criticize as much as one wants Americans but I see the psyche of the inferiority complex of some Canadians / collective.

When you wrote:
"I think us Americans just consider Canada to be another one of our states."

Can I infer that, like most US citizens, you are unaware that the US actually invaded Canada twice, and tried to steal territory a third time? The US has always reserved to itself alone the "God-given right" to invade and interfere in the affairs of every nation on earth. If you share in this American exceptionalist type thinking that might explain why you feel that Israel has the right to behave the same way toward the Palestinians. It is obvious that many Israelis feel that all of Palestine should be part of Israel.

Are you a Canadian Nationalist?

Cute .

But there's very little difference between the USA and Canada. ( except for affording LGBT rights, vive le Canada , more like Israel than the U.S.)

Culturally the USA and Canada are identical, Mike Meyers did a skit on that once on SNL.... So all your talk about US this or that is quite irrelevant...

Resistance is futile... Canada will be the next U.S. State .... Even before Puerto Rico....it's inevitable .

I call it the single state solution.

That is the only real solution to the Israel/Palestine problem. Add in full right of return for the Palestinians who were terrorized into becoming refugees and the problem is solved. You WERE talking about Israel when you talked of a single state solution, correct?

Only one who has only lived in the US would say that there is very little difference between the US and Canada.

How can I be very anti-American when all of my family is American? True, only some of us live in the US, but America is actually a continent.

To paraphrase Sarah Palin, I could almost see the US from my hometown.

Same values , same people.

It will be one country one day.

Both Semitic peoples, similar cooking styles, similar appearance, similar language and related Abrahamic religion.

It makes sense, but you had better hope that some of the other Israeli apologists and writers of revisionist history do not read about your proposed single state solution.

Same people, culture, religion, etc.

The last century history has proven that Israel & Palestine can't get along with each other peacefully. So why push it unless the aim is war? Jordan and the W.Bank make for a much more rational 1-state.

are you speaking of the pre-1967 Palestine, or the truncated remnant of Palestine that is all that remains after the Israeli land theft that started in 1967 and continues to this day?

People sometimes seem to forget that salient piece of information.

....works for me. If the PA wants to then merge with Jordan and Jordan accepts them, then there's your 1-state.

I don't understand why you'd find a 1-state Israel-stine preferable to that.

And US leaders will still ask, with a straight face, why the Arab world does not trust the US.

Larger mass requires more force to move.

BDS is cowardly & hypocritical.

The South Africans had a similar opinion of the BDS movement, until they lost.

....next to it in peace. The result being a Palestinian state of their own, no more "apartheid", no more "land theft", settlements, occupation, "genocide"...

Makes more sense to BDS the Palestinians for rejecting that which they claim to desire most.

when you wrote:
" The result being their own state, no more "apartheid", "land theft", settlements, occupation... "

The problem is that the Israelis have always had a specific type of state in mind for the Palestinians:
A Bantustan:
1. Any of the homelands formerly established for blacks in South Africa by the government during the apartheid era.

2. A landlocked, often fragmented ethnic enclave within a larger state, nominally possessing some degree of autonomy but usually economically dependent and lacking real power.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Bantustan

this part stood out for me:-

I'm sure it felt good writing it though.

As to AA guns, modern ones use radar. Look it up and you'll see for yourself. The question is whether Iran (through its proxies in Yemen) has that capability. Maybe through Russia, who knows?

along with all the other blowhard blog writers that you adore so much.

The Houthis don't have any radar-enabled stationary AA guns. They do have Shilkas, light tanks with radar and anti-aircraft capabilities (perhaps ten or so), but they would be unlikely to be leaving those sitting around as they are so important for them at the front.

As for the explosion, this is the GBU-24 2000-pound bomb that the Saudis are using in Yemen (amongst others):-