Yemen’s Houthis pledge support for Lebanon amid Israeli ceasefire violations

Yemen’s Ansarullah (Houthi) leader, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, has reaffirmed his country’s readiness to support Lebanon and Hezbollah in the face of continued Israeli aggression following the expiration of the ceasefire brokered in November.

Delivering a Ramadan lecture yesterday, Al-Houthi declared: “We have been following the Israeli attacks on various areas in Lebanon. These attacks are unjustified.” He emphasised that Yemen “would not stand idly by while the Zionist attacks on Lebanon continued,” and asserted:

You are not alone; we stand by you in any aggression.

He reiterated Sanaa’s “firm and principled stance” to support Hezbollah and the Lebanese people “in any major developments or full-scale Zionist escalation,” and warned that “in any circumstance that requires us to intervene alongside our brothers in Hezbollah and the Lebanese people, we are prepared to do so.”

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His comments followed a wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon over the weekend. Al Mayadeen reported 32 air raids targeting southern regions including Tyre, Marjayoun and Nabatieh. A strike on Tullin killed two civilians and injured several others, while a separate attack on Kfar Kila left two wounded. The occupation military also bombed archaeological areas in Tyre.

“There is no justification for this brutal and unjust aggression,” Al-Houthi said, vowing continued solidarity with the Lebanese resistance movement. “Just as we said to our brothers among the Palestinian people, ‘You are not alone,’ we also say to our brothers in Hezbollah and among the Lebanese people: You are not alone. We are by your side.”

Since the Israeli offensive began on 7 October 2023, the Houthi-aligned military has carried out numerous retaliatory strikes, including attacks on Israeli-linked targets in the Red Sea, in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movements.

Earlier this month, Al-Houthi announced that Yemen had resumed its naval blockade on Israeli-linked vessels after the expiry of a deadline demanding the occupation state reopen Gaza’s border crossings to allow humanitarian aid. Yesterday the Yemeni armed forces targeted Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport with a “Palestine-2” hypersonic ballistic missile, marking the fourth attack claimed by Sanaa in the past three days.

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