{"id":26219,"date":"2023-11-01T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26219"},"modified":"2023-11-01T13:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:01:00","slug":"inside-the-yemen-houthi-group-after-they-claimed-attacks-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/world-news\/inside-the-yemen-houthi-group-after-they-claimed-attacks-on-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Yemen Houthi group after they claimed attacks on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Video claims to show Israeli tank attack in Gaza strip<\/h3>\n

Yemen Houthi rebels have claimed to have launched ballistic missile attacks on Israel as the conflict involving Hamas and Israeli forces intensifies.<\/p>\n

Two instances of missiles and drones from Yemen have been recorded since fighting began, with the US military intercepting three cruise missiles on October 19, and a drone attack that resulted in blasts near the Israel border in Egypt on October 28.<\/p>\n

On October 31, a senior Houthi official told the AFP news agency that the Iran-backed Yemeni group had sent drones towards southern Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese drones belong to the state of Yemen,\u201d Abdelaziz bin Habtour, prime minister of the Houthi government, said.<\/p>\n

Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said in a televised statement: \u201cThe Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that this operation is the third operation in support of our oppressed brothers in Palestine and confirm that we will continue to carry out more qualitative strikes with missiles and drones until the Israeli aggression stops.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday Israel used its Arrow missile defence system for the first time to intercept an \u201caerial threat\u201d over the Red Sea, believed to have been a ballistic missile.<\/p>\n

Images released by the Israeli military showed Sa\u2019ar-class corvettes patrolling near Eilat port in the Red Sea, an area that could become a new front if the war expands further out from Israel and Palestine.<\/p>\n

Speculation that the conflict could continue to overspill into neighbouring countries is now a real possibility, with Houthi military spokesperson saying there would be more attacks “”to help the Palestinians to victory”.<\/p>\n

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Who are the Houthi Rebels?<\/h2>\n

The Houthis follow the Shiite Zaydi faith, a branch of Shiite Islam that is almost exclusively found in Yemen.<\/p>\n

According to ABC News, the rebels’ slogan has long been: \u201cGod is the greatest; death to America; death to Israel; curse the Jews; victory to Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n

They have held Yemen’s capital Sanaa since 2014 as part of the ongoing civil war taking place there, which began in 2011.<\/p>\n

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