Hamas praises Yemen's Huthis for renewed threat to Israel shipping
Hamas praised Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels Wednesday after they announced they would resume attacks on Israeli-linked shipping, calling it a demonstration of "true commitment" to the Palestinian cause.
"It is a true commitment of support for our Palestinian people and their resistance, and it exerts real pressure to break the unjust siege on Gaza," Hamas said in a statement.
The Huthis, who hold the Yemeni capital Sanaa and swathes of the Red Sea coast, announced late Tuesday that they would resume attacks following the expiry of their deadline for Israel to stop blocking aid deliveries into Gaza.
The Huthis said they were resuming their "ban on the passage of all Israeli ships" in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab strait, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea after Israel failed to meet a four-day deadline they had set for Gaza aid deliveries to resume.
Israel blocked all aid into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip earlier this month in an effort to pressure Hamas into agreeing an extension to the existing ceasefire in Gaza rather than moving onto a second stage.
Source: Hamas praises Yemen's Huthis for renewed threat to Israel shipping | World News - Hindustan Times
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