Abdelaziz bin Habtour, Prime Minister of the Houthi government, told reporters “these drones belong to the state of Yemen.”
In a statement to the world, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree stated that they launched drone attacks against Israel in a declaration of war, and will strive “to help the Palestinians to victory.”
The 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.
He said
Sarea also posted on X that these attacks were in response “brutal Israeli-American aggression” in Gaza, The New York Times reported. This was the third operation conducted by the Houthis “in support of our persecuted brothers in Palestine,” and threatened additional missile and drone attacks.
Since 2003 the Houthis adopted a mantra after the United States invaded Iraq: “God is great, death to the U.S., death to Israel, curse the Jews, and victory for Islam.”
In a statement to the Associated Press, an Iranian envoy to the United Nations warned that allied militias such as the Houthi rebels in Yemen could widen their operations against Israel.
The warnings from Iran regarding the initial days of the Gaza civilian casualties highlighted a concern: if these atrocities were not halted, they could incite public outrage and exhaust the patience of the resistance movements.
These concerns can be averted and the responsibility lies squarely in the hands of the American administration to halt the transgressions perpetuated by the Israeli regime.
Today Pentagon spokesman and Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council John Kirby responded to a question about Yemen’s declaration of war. While he claimed that he was unaware of this news he claimed the U.S. does not want escalation.
Look, we’ve said from the very beginning that we don’t want to see a widening and deepening of this conflict by anybody — any actor, any state.
And we’ve also said that we’ve got key national security interests at stake here in the region, and we mean to protect and defend them.
So, our message to anybody — and, again, I can’t confirm this report, because I haven’t seen it — but our message to anybody who seeks to escalate and deepen this conflict is, you know, be mindful of how seriously we take our national security interests.
He told press reporters
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There’s that word again: “escalate” and “escalation.” Again, as I have continued to point out, the only “escalation” has come from the United States as foreign invaders, meddlers, and occupiers, and other nations are forced to respond to it.
Detach yourself from who these groups are and what they stand for, and analyze what they are saying with clear eyes: notice that there is a common theme that all these other countries are saying: they are all pointing the finger directly at the U.S. for causing these problems, and goading Israel’s corrupt leaders to do as they say. And you know what? They are correct. Of course, I’m sure I’ll lose readers for saying that, but so be it.
Now that being said, the Houthis entrance into this war only complicates things and adds to the drama. Literally just the other day I brought up Yemen, who is backed by Iran, and how the United States was already funding Saudi Arabia and the UAE to fight a proxy war, fighting on the side Al-Qaeda. In discussing President Donald Trump’s funding and support of the military industrial complex, I wrote:
Then you have him funding billions of dollars in arms deals to Saudi Arabia in 2017 so they and the UAE could fight the Houthis in Yemen, fighting on the side of Al-Qaeda mind you, has killed untold multimillions in a mass-genocide there, with mass famine and disease running ramped; and Trump would then later veto a bill in 2019 that would have stopped the arms support for this heinous war, and still gave more weapons to the Saudis; in a war that the United Nations has declared to be the worst humanitarian crisis to date. Perhaps one of these days I’ll talk more about it, but this war gets zero coverage. Mark Smith provides more details about it below.
This whole thing is a mess; and now this will probably lead to the Saudis re-upping their attacks. Responsible Statecraft wrote in an analysis:
Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the preeminent military power in Yemen, are in danger of ensnaring themselves and Yemen in an escalatory loop that will lead to a re-acceleration of fighting in Yemen. While the Houthis do possess missiles and armed drones that can reach Israel, neither are likely to evade Israel’s air defenses.
The latest provocations by the Houthis will have no impact on the Israel-Hamas war, but they may provoke retaliatory strikes by the U.S. and its allies. It is probable that the Houthis will respond to any airstrikes by further escalating missile and drone launches which may well target Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The Houthis have successfully targeted sites deep within the territory of both countries, including vital energy infrastructure.
Both Saudi Arabia and the UAE remain involved in the war in Yemen and both will be forced to respond to Houthi led attacks, possibly with renewed airstrikes of their own.
The Houthis, a Zaidi Shi’a group, are allied with Iran and receive material and technical support from Iran. However, they are rooted in Yemen’s socio-cultural matrix. Unlike Hezbollah, Iran has less control over the Houthis’ decision making. Iran can and does limit the operational breadth of Hezbollah and its other proxies. In the case of the Houthis, the most senior leadership, among whom all decisions of consequence are made, is closed to all but the highest-ranking members of the organization.
It is possible that Iran had no foreknowledge of the Houthis’ decision to launch missiles toward Israel.
[…]On October 24, the Houthis appear to have targeted a Saudi military post near Jabel al-Dawd killing four Saudi soldiers. This follows a September 25 attack by a Houthi drone on Bahraini soldiers serving on the Saudi-Yemeni border that resulted in the death of four soldiers. Both attacks are an ominous sign of where Saudi-Houthi relations may be heading.
Unfortunately for Yemen and the region, the Houthis’ ability and willingness to become belligerents in the Israel-Hamas war is going to add fuel to a simmering fire. Despite the expiration of the April 2022 ceasefire, Yemen’s warring parties have avoided a return to widespread fighting due to a delicate balance of power among rivals. The Houthis’ actions and the response they may justifiably illicit from the US and its allies will upset this balance of power.
If this happens, fighting across Yemen will reaccelerate with grave consequences for not only the long-suffering Yemeni people, but also for the wider region. Any new attacks on the Houthis by outside powers will ensure that the hardliners who are ascendant within the organization predominate. This will all but guarantee the start of an escalatory cycle with few off-ramps.
Truly we are watching World War III unfold right before our eyes.
[7] And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. [8] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. Mark 13:7-8
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Do you think Saudi Arabia will one day fight against Israel?
I’m not Jacob but I firmly believe so. When Rome’s crusades against Islam continues, Israel will be fighting against Saudi Arabia. Just going on the basics in the Bible that the one religion of the antichrist in Revelation will be Roman Catholicism (Mystery Babylon) and they will not tolerate any other religions. And of course the Vatican Roman Empire being behind all of the governments in the world and all the strife between citizens and nations.
In addition, Bryan’s insight on the Vatican/Israel’s relations (backed up by scripture, more details on his 3rd temple study wherein the cheese on the trap for Jews is Rome’s promise to wipe out all of Israel’s Muslim enemies, before subsequently persecuting the Jewish people, Christians and saints in Jacob’s trouble). Israel granted rights to the Catholic Church for lands in the nation, via Israel’s agreements with the Holy See. You can find articles about this.
I tried looking up articles that directly ties the Vatican with the Oslo accords, but so far I cannot find any. On the surface it’s supposed to be between Israel and Palestine. But we know the internet will not reveal that Rome is involved in this secretly. I’m not sure if something will pop up online, I’ve only started digging this up today.
The study by Bryan:
https://youtu.be/b3Y3VJfxwa4?feature=shared
What did they think was going to happen; it was a green light for anyone that hates Israel to hop on board.
Let’s just hope that the whole middle east nukes its self off the planet, that’s just some races that the whole world is better off without. Fingers crossed!