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Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets across the country to express their solidarity with the Palestinians in the face of the ongoing Israeli air and ground attack on the Gaza Strip, demanding a permanent ceasefire in the besieged coastal enclave.
Protests took place on Friday in the capital, Saada, the northern governorates of Hajjah and Al-Jawf, the western governorates of Hodeidah and Dhamar, the central governorates of Al-Bayda and Ma’rib, and the southwestern governorate of Taiz.
Participants raised pictures of the leader of the Ansar Allah movement, Mr. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, and carried banners denouncing Israeli crimes against the residents of Gaza, where Israeli raids have killed more than 20,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, since October 7. .
They also chanted slogans of anger directed against Israel and the United States, its strongest military and diplomatic backer.
The Yemeni demonstrators also pledged to confront any aggressive act against their homeland.
Yemen will strike any country that opens its airspace to military strikes
Meanwhile, Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi, a member of the Yemeni Supreme Political Council, stressed that the Yemeni armed forces would not hesitate to strike any country that would open its airspace to US-led military strikes against the Arab nation.
Al-Houthi told the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen TV network on Thursday evening, “Any country that vacates its airspace for enemy fighter planes to bomb Yemen will be dealt with properly.” The Yemeni armed forces are working to overcome the challenges and are launching missile strikes against the occupying Zionist entity.
He went on to say that the US-led naval force in the Red Sea was formed primarily to protect the best interests of Tel Aviv, and has absolutely nothing to do with protecting international maritime navigation as Washington and its allies claim.
Al-Houthi stressed that Yemeni forces will continue to target Israeli-owned ships heading to Israel in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and will not pose any threat to other commercial ships sailing in the waterway.
The senior Yemeni official added that the United States supports Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, calling on all parties who feel unsafe in the Red Sea and seek security to work towards a complete cessation of Israeli atrocities.
“The United States is militarizing the Red Sea, negatively affecting international maritime traffic. Yemenis will never stand idly by if Yemen is subjected to strikes by the United States or any other country.
Al-Houthi pointed out that “all options are on the table to respond to any potential American aggressive action.”
He also advised Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates not to side with Israel against those who support the Palestinian people, calling it “morally unacceptable” for Riyadh to remain neutral in the face of the disasters unfolding in Gaza.
Al-Houthi stressed that the Yemenis do not want Saudi Arabia to participate in any alliance that supports Israel.
The senior Yemeni official also said that Israel poses serious threats to Saudi Arabia’s future, praising Egypt’s decision not to participate in the US-led coalition in the Red Sea.
