DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The leader of al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch has threatened both US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip in his first video message since taking over the jihadist group last year.
The half-hour video message by Saad bin Atef al-Awlaki, which spread online this morning via supporters of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, also includes calls for lone-wolf terrorists to assassinate leaders in Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf Arab states over the war, which has decimated Gaza.
The video of al-Awlaki’s speech shows images of Trump and Musk, as well as US Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of State Pete Hegseth. It also includes images of logos of Musk’s businesses, including the electric carmaker Tesla.
“There are no red lines after what happened and is happening to our people in Gaza,” al-Awlaki says. “Reciprocity is legitimate.”
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