Houthi leader warns of looming confrontation with Israel

Yemen’s Houthi leader, Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, has ordered his forces to prepare for an inevitable confrontation with Israel, accusing Israel of defying the ceasefire and continuing its massacres in Gaza.

“We are inevitably heading towards more confrontation with the Israeli enemy,” Houthi declared in a televised address, adding that the region will never see peace while Israel occupies Palestine.

He said the United States, as a guarantor of the ceasefire, “is a partner in Israel’s crimes in Gaza”, and condemned Muslim governments for failing to take a firm stand against Israel.

Houthi accused regional states of echoing Israeli demands to disarm Hezbollah, while Washington “has provided full support to the Israeli enemy and is a complete partner in injustice, genocide, and aggression”.