The Iran-backed Houthis have been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea to enforce a naval blockade on Israel, acting in solidarity with Palestinians during the Gaza war.
The Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi stated forces are ready to mobilize in the hundreds of thousands to support the Palestinian cause against their enemy.
The Houthis, emerging in the 1980s, represent the Zaidi branch of Shia Islam and oppose Saudi Arabia’s religious influence, backed by Iran.
The group, officially known as Ansar Allah, controls most of western Yemen and the Red Sea coastline, with an estimated 20,000 fighters.
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