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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Yemen’s Houthis condemn killing of Haniyeh: ‘A heinous terrorist crime’
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree speaks at a rally against the US and Israel in Sanaa, Yemen, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
The killing of Hamas’s leader in an airstrike in Tehran is a “heinous terrorist crime,” Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels say.
“Targeting him is a heinous terrorist crime and a flagrant violation of laws and ideal values,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of the Houthis’ political bureau, posts on X.
The Yemeni rebels have been launching drones and missiles at shipping in the Red Sea and at targets in Israel since November, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians during the Gaza war.
Earlier this month, a deadly Houthi drone strike on Tel Aviv prompted Israeli airstrikes on Hodeida, impoverished Yemen’s lifeline port, that killed nine people and triggered a massive inferno.
