The United States has accused Iran of being deeply involved in the attacks carried out in the Red Sea.
Yemen’s Houthis claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying they only attack ships linked to Israel and bound for Israeli ports.
White House national security spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a statement that Iran helped plan and provided intelligence for the recent series of Houthi attacks on commercial shipping.
“We have no reason to believe that Iran is trying to dissuade the Houthis from this reckless behavior,” Watson said.
Due to the Houthi attack, the Israeli port of Eilat on the Red Sea has almost ceased to function. American ships shot down rockets and drones aimed at Israel on several occasions.
In response, the US assembled an international coalition to counter the Houthis that will try to establish control over the Red Sea.
The leader of the Yemeni Houthis and the Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, warned the United States of America not to attack Yemen, noting that American warships and vessels would become the target of Yemeni missiles in the event of any attack.
“If the United States of America is considering targeting Yemen, we will not stand idly by,” al-Houthi said, adding that engaging in direct war with the US and Israel, rather than US proxies, is what they seek most.
The leader of Ansar Allah called on Arab countries not to mess with the US.
In this context, he stressed that “if America wants to fight Yemen’s position in support of Palestine, then it would have to face the entire Yemeni people”, adding that if this is what America wants, then it will face a more difficult situation than which she faced in Afghanistan and Vietnam.
Sayyed al-Houthi warned Washington against launching any attacks as that would make it fully involved, stressing that Yemen has developed its capabilities on many levels.
Al-Houthi reassured European companies, saying that “European vessels that do not have Israeli ports as their final destination are not at risk.”
Regarding the American military navigation in the Red Sea, he called it “illegal” and “reckless and stupid aggression that serves only Israel”, pointing out, however, that European countries participating in the American move are risking their own interests.
Warning for the coalition
Al-Houthi further emphasized that the Yemeni people have decided not to yield to the US and not to give up their religious and moral position in terms of all ongoing events in the Red and Arabian Seas, as well as the Gulf of Aden. He added that this Yemeni position was effective and influential and that it dealt heavy blows to Israel’s enemy.
He emphasized that the only target of the Yemeni naval forces in the Red Sea are Israeli ships and vessels connected to Israel, because Yemeni actions are never intended to undermine international shipping. Instead, the only goal is to support the oppressed Palestinian people, he added.
Regarding the US-led coalition in the Red Sea, Sayyed al-Houthi announced that its real goal is not to protect international shipping.
“Instead, it only aims to embroil countries in the protection of Israeli ships, in pursuit of the militarization of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab,” al-Houthi said.
In this context, he called on countries overlooking the coast of the Red Sea to condemn the American move because it violates their rights, stressing that turning the Red Sea into a US battlefield is harmful to all countries.
Sayyed al-Houthi praised Malaysia’s decision to ban Israeli shipping companies from any activity in Malaysian ports.
Regarding the interception of Yemeni missiles launched at Israel as a sign of rejection of the aggression on the Gaza Strip, Sayyed al-Houthi emphasized that four countries in the region, including the Arab ones, were involved.
“We have been patient despite the interception of our missiles from Arab countries, and we are only targeting the Zionist enemy,” he stressed, adding that Yemen is striving to develop military capabilities to overcome all obstacles and meet the demands of the people and their stance in support of Palestine.
“The US is acting against its own interests”
Leader Huta said that the US and its allies justify their support for “the Israeli enemy in its crimes, but condemn our justified support for Palestine.”
He also pointed out that the position of the Yemeni people is correct, honorable and in line with their responsibility in terms of religion and morality, adding that Yemen is not ashamed of its position against the aggression on Gaza and support for Palestine.
According to the Houthi leader, the Israeli lobby is manipulating the US and directing it to support “Israel” even if it is against Washington’s interests.
He continued that the United States has opened its bases and weapons depots in the region for use by Israel’s enemy, adding that Washington opposes any decision to cease fire in the Gaza Strip and insists on the continuation of the massacre.
Sayyed al-Houthi pointed out that Western countries allied with Washington have their own dark history and criminal record against the people, adding that it is the responsibility of the Islamic and Arab world to sincerely support the Palestinian people.
Regarding the attitudes of some Arab countries towards what is happening in occupied Palestine, the leader of Ansar Allah said that those countries were in favor of not severing relations with Western countries for trivial reasons, adding that the attitudes of some Arab countries even went as far as conspiracy against Palestine.
Criticized scholars
Regarding the summits held for Palestine and the aggression on Gaza, especially the one held in Saudi Arabia, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said that the position of Arab and Islamic countries is weak.
He also criticized the silence of scholars on the atrocities happening in Palestine and the Gaza Strip, especially those who issued fatwas for jihad in Syria, Iraq or Yemen, wondering where they are today from all that is happening and what could possibly justify their silence.
“Feeling the responsibility that is on them both in terms of faith and the need for jihad, the Yemeni people have decided to offer and do their best in support of the Palestinian people,” al-Houthi said.
The leader of the Yemeni resistance movement revealed that Yemen has made a clear and open request to the countries that geographically separate Yemen and Palestine to open the borders for Yemenis to join the freedom struggle in Palestine.
On political and media support for the Palestinian cause, Sayyed al-Houthi indicated that Yemen’s position is clear in this regard and that it supports it to the greatest extent, calling for a comparison between the Yemeni media, on the one hand, and the Saudi and Emirati media, on the other hand , to determine who clearly supports Palestine.
He said that support for Palestine is prevalent throughout Yemen, even in the occupied provinces under the control of the “aggressor coalition”, stressing that some of the views of some mercenaries in no way represent a united Yemeni people over Palestine.
Sayyed al-Houthi concluded by saying that what the Yemeni people demand for the welfare of Palestine is much more than what is currently being done, stressing that “we seek to use our greatest abilities in support of the Palestinian people.”, Klix.ba reports.
