Yemen's Iran-backed jihadist movement Ansarullah, commonly known as the Houthis, issued a statement Friday mourning Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was eliminated by Israeli forces on the battlefield in the Gaza Strip the day before.
Mr. Sinwar was reportedly fleeing Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city, on Thursday when his terrorist squad encountered Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) ground forces. The troops initially opened fire on the attacking terrorists and eliminated Sinwar, unaware that they were engaging the leaders of a jihadist group.
Sinwar is widely believed to have planned and carried out a brutal attack on Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1,200 people, the abduction of another 250, infanticide, rape, and rape. Widespread acts including torture were carried out. Cruelty. He took over as leader of Hamas in August after an explosion in Tehran killed his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas' political affairs office. Neither Israel nor any other organization had claimed responsibility for the explosion that reportedly killed Haniyeh at press time.
In remarks Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Mr. Sinwar's death “the beginning of the end” of the war that began on October 7, and warned Hamas terrorists that he is presumed to be held by terrorists in exchange for his life. He urged the handing over of the 101 hostages.
Although Hamas was the Iranian-backed terrorist organization that sparked the war, several other Iranian state-funded terrorist organizations have also participated in acts of terrorism against Israel, most notably the Lebanese terrorist organization. Hezbollah and the Lebanese Houthis. The Houthis have primarily taken advantage of Yemen's geographic location at the mouth of the Red Sea to launch a global campaign against commercial shipping, severely disrupting global economic activity by randomly attacking ships carrying goods. , has participated in the war against Israel. The Houthis claim they are targeting only vessels with ties to Israel and its allies the United States and Britain, but in reality they are targeting vessels with no clear ties to any of these countries or to Russia. It has also attacked vessels linked to Houthi allies such as China, Russia and others. Iran.
The Houthis issued a statement Friday congratulating Shinwar and asserting their belief that the jihadist United Front will ultimately destroy Israel.
“Martyr Sinwar achieved a heroic epic in the fight against the criminal Israeli regime,” said Houthi spokesman Mohamed Abdulsalam. said “And we are convinced that the Gaza and Palestinian cause has no other destiny than victory, regardless of the weight of the sacrifices that must be made along this path,” the message said.
Ansarullah Chairman Abdul Malik al-Houthi said in his weekly address on Thursday that, irrespective of the continued US military targeted airstrikes on Yemeni territory, Yemen has no intention of supporting jihadists seeking the destruction of Israel. He vowed to continue bombing merchant ships indefinitely. group control. He argued that such a move was necessary because the United States supports Israel and the United Nations cannot stop the war.
“The United States is a partner in every sense of the word in the crimes, atrocities, and even acts of aggression and tyranny of the Zionist regime,” al-Houthi declared, according to Iranian propaganda outlets. press tv. “Without the cooperation and support of the United States, our enemy Israel would not have been able to continue the brutal and criminal war in Gaza and the conflict in Lebanon for so long.”
Al Houthi on Thursday accused Israel of committing human rights crimes in Gaza, but there was no direct discussion of Shinwar's fate in Thursday's reported remarks.
“The scenes of atrocities in Gaza provide ample evidence of the level of Zionist ferocity,” al-Houthi claimed. “Lack of awareness of the danger posed by Zionists will only strengthen their belief that Arabs and Muslims are ignorant and indifferent to unfolding developments.”
Al Houthis too claimed His terrorists claimed to have targeted 196 ships in and around the Red Sea over the past year, all of them American, Israeli and British ships, but this is a verifiable falsehood. It is.
“Rocket and drone support to occupied Palestine continues, with this week's operations carried out using 25 ballistic and cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft,” Al Houthi promised. did.
Al Houthi is one of the few leaders of the main Iranian proxy terrorist organization attacking Israel remaining after the relentless campaign that most recently eliminated Sinwar. Iran's Lebanese terror group Hezbollah lost its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike in September. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called for an end to the war, noting that these leaders have been ousted and the terrorist organization's executive leadership has been decimated.
“The axis of terror built by Iran is crumbling before our eyes. Nasrallah is gone. His deputy Mohsen is gone. Haniya is gone. Deif is gone. Sinwar is gone.” Prime Minister Netanyahu enumerated. “The reign of terror that the Iranian regime has imposed on its own people and on the peoples of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen must come to an end.”
“All who seek a future of prosperity and peace in the Middle East should unite to build a better future. Together we will push aside the forces of darkness and create a future of light and hope for all of us.” You can build,” he encouraged.
