Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Say They Will Start Attacking Israeli Ships Again After Israel Blocked All Aid To Gaza
The Houthis said it will continue its blockade until Israel reopens the crossings to the Gaza Strip and allow aid, food and medicine in.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have said they will resume attacks on Israeli naval vessels in the Red Sea after Israel blocked all aid deliveries to Gaza following the end of the first phase of the ceasefire deal.
Since Israel declared war on Hamas on Oct. 7, the Houthis, an armed group that controls most parts of Yemen, had been launching missile and drone attacks towards Israel and on commercial and military ships in the Red Sea.
The group was targeting Israeli ships to support Palestinians in Gaza and to pressure Israel to end its genocide, which has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
The Houthis had stopped attacking Israeli vessels when the ceasefire in Gaza began in January, according to Al Jazeera.
However, after Israel blocked all aid from entering into Gaza on March 2, the group said they would resume their naval operations if Israel did not allow aid delivery into Gaza within a set deadline.
On Tuesday, March 11, the Houthis then announced in a video message it was resuming “the ban on all Israeli ships passing through designated operational areas", including the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden as Israel had failed to meet the deadline.
The Houthis also said that they will continue the blockade until “the reopenings of the crossings to the Gaza Strip and the entry of aid, food and medicine.”
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