(CNN) – A member of the Supreme Political Council of the Houthi group, Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi, confirmed that the American and British air strikes that targeted the group in Yemen “will not go unnoticed” and indicated that a statement will be published at a later time to reveal the nature of the response to them, while the spokesman said The official spokesman for the Houthis, Muhammad Abdul Salam, said that the attack was “not justified” and claimed that the Houthis “do not threaten international navigation in the Red Sea.”
The US and British militaries targeted Houthi sites in Yemen on Thursday, in response to the group’s repeated operations on commercial ships in the Red Sea claiming to be Israeli or heading to Israel. It says that the attacks on the ships come in response to Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip.
Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi previously said on his page on “X”, Twitter: “The American-British strikes are barbaric, terrorist, and are a deliberate and unjustified aggression that reflects a savage psychology,” as he put it.
The Houthi leader added that the attacks represent a “blatant and unjustified attack” and stressed that they “will not go unnoticed” and continued: “The response will be made through the statement that will be published later,” he said.
For his part, the spokesman for the Iranian-backed group, Muhammad Abdul Salam, announced in an intervention on the Qatari Al Jazeera channel that the American-British attack led to the killing and wounding of a number of Houthi members, without specifying the number.
Abdul Salam said on “X” that Washington and London “committed foolishness” and added: “They are wrong if they think that they will deter Yemen from supporting Palestine and Gaza. Yemen will continue its religious and humanitarian stance and will remain alongside Gaza with all it can, and this aggression will only increase its strength and strength.” “, according to him.
Abdul Salam added, “We confirm that there is absolutely no justification for this aggression against Yemen. There was no threat to international navigation in the Red and Arabian Seas, and the targeting was and will continue to affect Israeli ships or those heading to the ports of occupied Palestine,” he said.
New explosions were heard in the coastal city of Hodeidah in western Yemen early Friday, a resident told CNN.
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2024-01-12 06:46:52
