Houthis say Israel ‘failed miserably’ in Gaza, threaten to continue attacks ‘in support of the Palestinian people’

Houthi supporters carry a mock rocket and chant slogans during an anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, December 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Houthi supporters carry a mock rocket and chant slogans during an anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, December 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Israel has “failed miserably” in Gaza, the leader of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels says, a day after a ceasefire deal was announced by mediators yesterday.

“The Israeli enemy failed to achieve its declared and clear goals, and failed miserably to recover its prisoners without an exchange deal,” Abdulmalik al-Houthi says in a televised address, insisting that Israel and the US were “obliged” to accept the ceasefire.

He also threatened that his US-designated terror group could continue its attacks on Israel in the coming days.

“If the Israeli enemy continues its massacres and escalation over these three days, we will sustain our offensive and military operations in support of the Palestinian people,” he says.

The IDF says the Houthis have launched some 40 ballistic missiles at Israel since fellow Iran-backed terror group Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, starting the ongoing multifront war.

Israel and Western allies have carried out several sorties against Houthi targets in Yemen, but they have failed to stem the attacks.

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