Houthi leader pledges ‘inevitable’ retaliation against Israel
A Houthi response to deadly Israeli air raids near Yemen’s Hodeidah is coming, the militia’s leader warned in a televised speech.
“The response is inevitable,” Abdel-Malik al-Houthi said. “Everything that happens from the side of the Israeli enemy will be more incentive for revenge.”
Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen’s port of Hodeidah on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 87, a day after a Houthi drone hit Tel Aviv and killed one person.
The group’s attacks on Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza will continue and won’t be deterred by the Israeli attacks, al-Houthi added.
Yemen’s Houthis expanding footprint in Iraq: Monitors
US-based think tanks The Critical Project and the Institute for the Study of War have highlighted meetings among senior members of the Iran-backed “axis of resistance” in Iraq this week.
Houthi representative to Iraq Abu Idris al-Sharafi reportedly met with the leader of a group under the umbrella of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq along with a senior Hamas representative to Iraq in Baghdad.
“These meetings come amid uncorroborated reports claiming that hundreds of Houthi fighters have traveled to Iraq in recent weeks to receive training from Iranian officers and drone and missile experts,” the war monitors said.
The Houthis in Yemen, whose fight with Israel in support of Palestinians escalated after they successfully attacked Tel Aviv for the first time, have been increasingly cooperating with the Iran-backed factions in Iraq.
Senior officials from the Axis of Resistance convened in Baghdad on July 23 and 24. pic.twitter.com/lorMxk2Joq
— Critical Threats (@criticalthreats) July 25, 2024
