Yemen: Houthi group warns of more attacks if Israel continues Gaza offensive

The Houthi leader in Yemen, who is affiliated with Iran, declared on Tuesday that if the Israeli attack on Gaza continues, the organization will escalate much more.

As a show of support for the Palestinian people, the Houthis, who rule over the capital and most of the country, have been attacking international commerce in the Red Sea since November. As a result, since last month, the United States and the United Kingdom have launched retaliatory strikes.

As a show of support for the Palestinian people, the Houthis, who rule over the capital and most of Yemen, have been attacking international commerce in the Red Sea since November. As a result, since last month, the United States and the United Kingdom have launched retaliatory strikes.

As freight companies reroute around the Cape of Good Hope to bypass the Suez Canal, the attacks are affecting maritime traffic in one of the busiest corridors in the world.

In a broadcast speech, Abdul Malik al-Houthi declared that the organization will “seek to escalate more and more if the siege of the Palestinian people, from whom they deny aid and medicine, and the barbaric and brutal aggression against Gaza do not stop”.

According to a military official, the organization on Tuesday launched naval missiles at two ships in the Red Sea, damaging the Greek-owned Star Nasia and the British-owned Morning Tide.

The Greek-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged Star Nasia was recognized as American by spokesman Yahya Sarea. Marine shipping trackers indicated that the ship was en route to India with coal from the US.

(With agency inputs)