Houthi leader says Israel’s attacks will not deter rebels from supporting Gaza

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MADRID Dec. 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Abdulmalik Badradín al Huti, stated this Thursday that Israel’s bombings against Yemeni territory will not prevent the group from continuing to support the Gaza Strip and has assured that its recent attacks send a “strong” message. to the Israeli authorities.

“We will not give up our position of supporting the Palestinian people, regardless of the challenges and attacks from the Americans, the Israelis or those partners in their orbit,” he stressed, according to the Yemeni television network Al Masirah, linked to the Houthis.

The group’s leader has noted that his forces will continue attacking Israel regardless of its actions and has said there is an “open war with the enemy.” For this reason, he has urged the Yemeni people to take to the streets this Friday in support of the Palestinian people.

The spokesman for military operations for Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Yahya Sari, published this Thursday a video of the launch of two missiles fired at “sensitive military targets of the Israeli enemy in occupied Jafa.”

The Shiite group has previously reported that nine Yemenis have been killed and three others wounded in an Israeli attack on a port and oil facility in the capital Sana’a. Among the objectives were also the port of Hodeida.

Israeli Army spokesman Daniel Hagari detailed that the bombings have been “precise” and added that they have been launched against the group’s “military objectives” in Yemen, “including ports and energy infrastructure in Sanaa that the Houthis use for their operations.” military activities”.

The Houthis have carried out dozens of drone and projectile attacks against Israel since the outbreak of conflict in the region following the attacks carried out on October 7, 2023 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian factions.