The Houthis will stop attacks on Israel and the Red Sea if the truce in Gaza enters into force | News of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Houthi spokesman Al-Bukhaiti said that the Houthis will stop their operations to support Gaza when the truce enters into force on Sunday.

The Houthi rebels support the Gaza Strip Ceasefire agreement An agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas, with the Yemeni movement’s spokesman saying they will halt their military operations against Israel as well as commercial ships in the Red Sea if the truce goes into effect on Sunday.

“If Israel stops its aggression against Gaza, and if the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel stop its aggression against Yemen, the Houthis will stop their operations, including attacks against naval forces and commercial ships,” Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti told Al Jazeera on Saturday.

The United Kingdom and the United States have implemented it Many strikes On targets inside Yemen to deter the Houthis. Washington too Sanctions were imposed On the group linked to Iran.

He added that Israel, however, continues to kill women and children (in Gaza), so the Houthis were forced to launch a missile attack, in an apparent reference to the missile attack launched earlier on Saturday.

The Israeli army said that it intercepted two missiles fired towards Israel from Yemen in the morning and afternoon. Military data stated that the first missile was targeted this morning in central Israel, while the second was launched towards the south of the country.

The Houthis also announced that they fired a missile towards central Israel in the morning. They have repeatedly stressed that they will stop their attacks if Israel stops its military attack on Gaza. The Israeli bombing, which has continued for 15 months, has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians and turned Gaza into rubble.

Israel bombed Houthi-controlled ports, including Hodeidah port, the lifeline of the war-torn state, and power plants.

Houthi attacks support the Palestinians

It was the group Launching rockets towards Israel Since October 2024, in what they say is a show of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. The Houthi rebels have also targeted naval forces and commercial ships linked to Israel and its allies that pass through Bab al-Mandab in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade.

Israel justified its devastating military attack, saying that it aimed to defeat the armed Hamas movement, which carried out an attack inside Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,100 people. Palestinian fighters also captured about 250 people.

But Israel has been accused of war crimes and waging a genocidal war against the Palestinians by human rights groups. The International Court of Justice said in February 2024 that the Israeli attack was “reasonable” and amounted to genocide. Israel has rejected these accusations.

Israel and Hamas Announce A ceasefire agreement on Wednesday would stop 15-month war Which led to the destruction of the Palestinian Strip, as nearly 90 percent of its population of 2.3 people were displaced, and a large number of them suffer from hunger.

Short ceasefire in November 2023 The process witnessed the release of 110 Israeli prisoners and about 240 Palestinian prisoners.

In the first phase of this ceasefire, 33 Israeli prisoners will be released in exchange for approximately 1,900 Palestinian prisoners, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

But the Israeli army has intensified its strikes on Gaza since the agreement was announced, killing at least 123 people. The Israeli military said it launched raids on 50 “terrorist targets” across Gaza on Friday.

The spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, said that the movement is making final arrangements to release the prisoners, but the intense Israeli bombing threatens to kill them.