Houthi raps Arab states for idly watching Israeli massacres, warns Saudi Arabia

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement has censured certain Arab countries for their inaction in the face of relentless Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

In a televised speech broadcast live from the Yemeni capital Sana’a on Thursday afternoon, Adul-Malik al-Houthi said some Arab states are even forging stronger relations with the Israeli regime.

“Some Arab countries have cemented and fostered their relations with the occupying Zionist entity, whilst they are sitting idly by watching the massacre, sufferings and starvation of Palestinians,” he said.

“No people in the world has lost lives and starved to death to the extent that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have endured," he added. 

The Ansarullah leader also criticized countries neighboring Israeli-occupied territories for their failure to aid Palestinians. “Instead, these states are sending truckloads of food to the Zionist regime,” he said.

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Houthi equated assistance to Israel with a betrayal to God’s commands as well as teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) and a blatant hypocrisy.

“The barbarism of the Israeli enemy in Gaza is an example of the behavior of criminals that God has ordered to fight off. The Zionist regime, with its aggression and crimes in Gaza, now stands at the forefront of disbelief. Zionists are currently the flag bears of despotism and tyranny,” the Ansarullah chief said.

Israel’s brutality has become a normal behavior

Houthi referred to the recent bombardment of the Mawasi refugee camp in southern Gaza with eight massive US-made bombs, saying, “Brutality is now in the Israeli enemy’s nature.”

“It is fairly strange that Western governments as well some Arab and Muslim countries stand idly by, and simply watch these crimes and massacres being perpetrated,” he said.

Houthi said the United States is complicit in all crimes and atrocities that Israel is committing against Palestinians. He said the resilience and perseverance of Palestinians in Gaza has exceeded all expectations and the people have remained steadfast in the face of the immense amount of suffering they are experiencing.

Gaza-based resistance groups, he said, have revised their rules of engagement, are recruiting forces on a daily basis and continue to produce required ammunition irrespective of the tight blockade on the coastal territory.

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The Ansarullah leader said Israel bombs refugee camps and displaced people under the false pretext of targeting Palestinian resistance commanders. “This aggressive, oppressive and occupying regime is fully responsible for all the crimes being committed in the Gaza Strip.” 

Houthi also criticized some Arab media outlets for supporting Israel and repeating the regime’s narratives, stating that the Zionist entity is seeking to hold oppressed Palestinians responsible for the Gaza conflict.

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 Elsewhere in his remarks, Houthi said the Israeli military has suffered major defeats during confrontations with Hezbollah, stressing that the Lebanese resistance fighters are very active and powerful, and have incurred huge losses on Israel.

“The Israeli enemy has acknowledged that it is caught in a historical crisis, and is experiencing its worst defeat since 1948 due to operations against sites in the northern occupied lands,” he said.

Yemeni forces have targeted 170 US-, British-, Israeli-linked ships

The Ansarullah leader also underlined that Yemeni naval units conducted at least 25 anti-Israeli operations over the past week, using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones and unmanned surface vehicles.

“Ever since Yemeni Armed Forces launched their pro-Palestinian maritime operations [in October last year], they have targeted 170 US-, British- and Israeli-affiliated vessels. These operations have sharply lowered the sailing of ships towards Israeli ports,” Houthi said.

He said Yemeni forces are determined to raise the ante, and extend their operations to the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

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“Their attacks forced Israel to declare the Port of Eilat bankrupt. Yemeni operations also forced USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier to flee the country’s territorial waters,” Houthi said, stressing that US-British coalition strikes cannot deter Yemen from carrying out anti-Israel operations.

Houthi also warned Saudi Arabia against joining hands with the US and Britain, and contributing to their aerial attacks against Yemen.

The Ansarullah chief finally called on all walks of the Yemeni society to take to streets on Friday, and reiterate their strong solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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