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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Iran-backed Houthis say attacks on Israel won’t stop until Gaza war ends
Houthi supporters chant slogans during a weekly anti-US and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, June 13, 2025. (AP/Osamah Abdulrahman)
A top leader of the Houthi rebels in Yemen, one of Iran’s allies, says they will keep up their support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip until Israeli “aggression stops, and the siege is lifted.”
“Our operations in support of Gaza will not cease, no matter the sacrifices,” says Houthi-backed president Mahdi al-Mashat in a statement..
The Houthis are the last group in Iran’s self-described “Axis of Resistance” that is capable of regularly attacking Israel.
They’ve been firing long-range missiles at Israel in the months since it resumed the war in Gaza, setting off air raid sirens but generally causing few casualties. They’ve also been attacking shipping in Mideast waters.
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