Houthi vows to prevent Israel-linked ships from passing through Indian Ocean toward Cape of Good Hope
Sanaa (Quds News Network) – The leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement (also known as the Houthi movement), Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, said in a televised speech last night that his organization will prevent Israel-linked ships from even passing through the Indian Ocean towards the Cape of Good Hope.
“Our main battle is to prevent ships linked to the Israeli enemy from passing through not only the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, but also the Indian Ocean towards the Cape of Good Hope. This is a major step and we have begun to implement our operations related to it,” al-Houthi said.
The group has been attacking Israeli and Israeli-bound ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November in a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians facing an Israeli war of genocide in the Gaza Strip since October 7.
Two Houthi spokesmen – Brig. Gen. Yahya Sare’e and Mohammed Abdulsalam – each took to X to post that the Houthis will now target ships linked to Israel traveling in the Indian Ocean on the way to the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of South Africa.
Israeli occupation’s commercial vessels have been traversing around the Cape of Good Hope instead of going through the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea due to Houthi attacks on Israeli-linked ships.
The Houthis say they are targeting ships linked to Israel, although they have also expanded to include American and British ships in retaliation for joint aggression conducted by the two countries against Yemen.
While statements by Sare’e and Abdulsalam both said the Houthis would target ships linked to Israel in the Indian Ocean, likely, American and British ships will also come under fire.
