Yemen Will Not Abandon Gaza “No Matter the Cost”: Houthi Official
Sanaa (Quds News Network)- Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Houthis’ Supreme Political Council, declared that the Yemeni group will not abandon Gaza “no matter the cost,” following the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between the Houthis and Washington.
“What happened proves that our strikes are painful and will continue,” al-Mashat said, as quoted by the Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV.
He warned the Houthis’ response to Israel “will be devastating and painful”.
“No aggression will deter us from our decision to support Gaza until the aggression stops and the siege is lifted,” al-Mashat added.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that the US Will stop its bombing campaign in Yemen, stating that the Houthis have agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East.
After Trump made the announcement, Oman said it had mediated a ceasefire deal between the Houthis and the US.
Under the agreement, neither the U.S. nor the Houthis would target the other, including U.S. vessels in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, Oman said in a statement.
#Statement | A Spokesman at the Foreign Ministry has said today that following recent discussions and contacts conducted by the Sultanate of Oman with the United States and the relevant authorities in Sana'a, in the Republic of Yemen, with the aim of de-escalation, pic.twitter.com/jJZTsW8Mwe
— وزارة الخارجية (@FMofOman) May 6, 2025
“They said please don’t bomb us any more and we’re not going to attack your ships,” Trump said of the Houthis during an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
“And I will accept their word, and we are going to stop the bombing of the Houthis effective immediately,” Trump added.
After Trump’s announcement, the head of Yemen’s Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, said the US halt of “aggression” against Yemen will be evaluated.
He said the group would continue to support Gaza to end the war there, indicating the ceasefire with the US did not include a halt of the group’s operations against Israel.
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وباعلان ترمب وقف عدوان امريكا على اليمن سيتم تقييمه ميدانيا اولا
وهو انتصار يفصل الاسناد الامريكي للكيان المؤقت وفشل لنتنياهو وعليه أن يقدم استقالته— محمد علي الحوثي (@Moh_Alhouthi) May 6, 2025
According to Al Jazeera, Daifallah al-Shami, a member of the Houthi political bureau, also confirmed that “if there is a halt, it will only be regarding targeting American ships, and the targeting of Israeli ships will continue.”
In March, Yemen’s Houthis announced they would resume attacks on Israeli ships passing through the Red and Arabian Seas, the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden. The decision came in response to Israel’s blockade of all humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The Houthis had launched more than 100 attacks targeting shipping from November 2023, saying they were in solidarity with Palestinians over Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
The attacks affected global trade, forcing a significant volume of maritime traffic between Asia and Europe away from the Suez Canal to take the far longer journey around Africa.
Tensions have been high since the Gaza war began, but have risen further since Israeli warplanes brutally attacked Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah province late Monday. The strikes targeted multiple sites, including Al-Hudaydah’s port and a concrete factory in Bajil district, east of the city.
The Yemeni Ministry of Health confirmed that 21 civilians were injured in the attacks.
Israel claimed the attacks were a response to a missile attack by the Houthi movement on Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Sunday. That missile, according to Israeli military sources, was a hypersonic ballistic missile and struck its target.
Israeli media outlets reported that 30 Israeli fighter jets participated in the attack. They dropped around 50 bombs and missiles on over 10 targets across the port city.
An American official told Axios that the attack was fully coordinated with Washington. While the U.S. did not take part in the combat, it was informed ahead of time, the source said.
Shortly after the bombing, Houthi official Nasr al-Din Amer vowed a response. “We will respond to the Israeli bombing. The sea and air blockade will continue. We will keep supporting Gaza with military operations,” he said.
Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a senior Houthi political figure, added: “Our last strike on Ben Gurion was just a warning. We are serious about imposing an air blockade on the Israeli enemy.”
Following the missile strike on Ben Gurion Airport, several airlines—Lufthansa, Swiss Air, Austrian Airlines, Air India, ITA Airways, and Air Europa—canceled flights to Tel Aviv, according to Israeli media.
After Trump became U.S. president in January, he decided to significantly intensify air strikes against the Houthis. The campaign came after the Houthis announced the resumption of operations.
