Israel asks US to convene emergency UN Security Council session on Houthis

By Lazar Berman

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24 December 2024, 5:29 pm 8 Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar arrives to attend a plenary session of the 31st Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Ministerial summit, in Ta'Qali, Malta, December 5, 2024. (AP/Miguela Xuereb)

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar sends a letter to US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, president of the UN Security Council, asking her to convene an emergency session to condemn Houthi attacks and Iran’s support for the organization’s violence.

In his missive, Sa’ar cites three attacks on Israel over the past week by the Yemeni rebel group, one of which destroyed a school in Ramat Gan.

“I must underscore that the persistent acts of hostility by the Houthis are in flagrant violation of international law,” he writes, adding that they are “an ongoing threat to international peace and security.”

The move comes a day after he instructed Israeli diplomats in Europe to push their host countries to list the Houthis as a terrorist organization.