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Houthi leader promises escalation of maritime attacks
The Yemeni group will continue their military operations and escalate them “in quality and quantity” in support of Palestinians in Israel’s war in Gaza, the Iran-aligned group’s leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi says in a televised speech.
The Houthis have been attacking vessels in the Red Sea region since November, forcing shippers to reroute cargo on longer and more expensive journeys around Southern Africa. The group later expanded the scope of its attacks to the Indian Ocean and said it would also target any ships heading towards Israeli ports in the Mediterranean Sea.
Iran-aligned Iraq group claims drone attack on Israel
The Saraya Awliya al-Dam, a Shia military group that is part of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq umbrella group of US and Israel-opposed factions, has released a video in which it claims an attack on Israel.
Masked fighters can be seen in the video moving through underground facilities and preparing drones that the group claimed were launched at “two vital targets in the port of Haifa” in the early hours of Thursday.
The fighters can be seen trampling a flag of Israel as they enter the tunnels, and assemble the drones in a room where pictures of Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are on the wall.
This appears to be the first operation against Israel during the war on Gaza claimed by Saraya Awliya al-Dam – or the Guardians of Blood Brigades.
