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Yemen’s Houthis vow ‘military response’ to Israel for killing of Haniyeh
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A demonstrator carries a mock drone during a rally in support of Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, in the Houthi-run Yemeni capital of Sanaa, February 23, 2024. 'Samad 4' is written on the mock drone's side. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)
The leader of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels vows a “military response” to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran yesterday in an attack widely blamed on Israel.
“There has to be a military response to these crimes, which are shameless and dangerous, and constitute a major escalation by the Israeli enemy,” Abdul Malik al-Huthi says in a televised speech.
Haniyeh was in Tehran for the swearing-in of Iran’s newly elected president Masoud Pezeshkian. Jerusalem has neither confirmed nor denied the assassination, but Iran and its proxies in the region have vowed to exact revenge on Israel.
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