Yemen's Houthis ready to launch attacks on Israel if war on Gaza resumes, leader says

Yemen’s Houthis are ready to mount attacks on Israel if it resumes its assault on Gaza and does not commit to the ceasefire deal, the group’s leader Abdulmalik Al-Houthi said today according to Reuters.

The Houthis had attacked Israel-linked vessels in the Red Sea, disturbing global shipping lanes, in what they said were acts of solidarity with Gaza’s Palestinians during Israel’s genocidal bombing of the enclave.

“Our hands are on the trigger and we are ready to immediately escalate against the Israeli enemy if it returns to escalation in the Gaza Strip,” Al-Houthi said in a televised speech.

The Gaza ceasefire dealappears fragile after Hamas said it would stop releasing Israeli captives unless the occupation state abides by the terms of the truce.

In response, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed the military to be at the highest level of readiness in Gaza and for domestic defence.

Under the terms of the truce, Israel was due to allow in 12,000 trucks of aid but has so far only allowed 8,500 to enter the besieged enclave, 50 trucks of fuel a day were also due to enter Gaza to allow emergency services and hospitals to operate, however only 15 are being allowed to trickle in. In addition, occupation forces have allowed no mobile homes to enter the enclave in spite of the ceasefire deal outlining that 60,000 would be allowed in, while only 20,000 of the 200,000 tents agreed to have entered Gaza.

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