OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements in Palestine denounced the United States and the United Kingdom’s attacks on Yemen.
Hamas senior official Sami Abu Zuhri said in a press statement on Friday, “The US-UK aggression against the Yemeni forces’ sites provokes the entire nation and indicates the intention to expand the conflict zone beyond Gaza’s boundaries, which has repercussions.”
For its part, the Islamic Jihad movement saluted the Yemeni position in support of Palestine and said in a press statement on Friday, that this aggression comes as part of the US and UK military aid to Israel and proves that the US administration is the one responsible for the Israeli genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Islamic Jihad called on the people of the Arab and Islamic nation to take action in condemnation of the US and UK attacks on Yemen which has been defending the Palestinian people in Gaza and Muslim sanctities in Palestine.
The United States and United Kingdom carried out at dawn Friday a series of airstrikes on Yemen, under the pretext of deterring Ansar Allah party from targeting Israeli ships bound to Israel in the Red Sea. The attacks have led to the martyrdom of five people.
The Yemeni Armed Forces said that the United States and United Kingdom launched 73 airstrikes against Yemen as part of their support of the ongoing Israeli crimes in Gaza.
According to Yemeni Armed Forces, Ansar Allah, the airstrikes targeted the capital, Sana’a, and the governorates of Hodeidah, Taiz, Hajjah, and Saada, claiming the lives of five members of Ansar Allah and wounding six others.
The Yemeni group charged the US and UK with full responsibility for the criminal aggression against the Yemeni people and vowed to respond to the attacks.
Ansar Allah stressed that this aggression against Yemen will not dissuade the group from its supportive position in defense of the Palestinian people, stressing that it will carry on with preventing Israeli ships or other ships bound to Israel from navigation in the Arab and Red seas.
Aljazeera quoted an American official as saying, “the strikes targeted radar sites, drones launching platforms, missiles, and coastal monitoring sites. The operation had ended, but we reserve the right to respond if the threats continue.”
An American defense official said the strikes against Ansar Allah’s sites in Yemen involved ships, warplanes, and submarines. These attacks are believed to be the first US airstrikes against Ansar Allah group in Yemen since 2016.
