"A funeral for 12 senior Houthi figures killed in an Israeli airstrike last week was attended by thousands of mourners in the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, on Monday. The Israeli attack last Thursday struck a large crowd of people who had gathered to watch a televised speech by Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, and left most members of the Islamist rebel group's cabinet dead."
"Mourners at the funeral at Sanaa's largest mosque chanted the Houthi slogan: "God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam." The Houthis promote anti-American and anti-Israeli sentiments within the Iranian-led "axis of resistance." Mohammed Miftah, now de facto government head of the Iran-backed group, vowed revenge and an internal security crackdown against spies."
""We are facing the strongest intelligence empire in the world, the one that targeted the government: the whole Zionist entity [consisting of] the US administration, the Zionist entity [meaning Israel], the Zionist Arabs and spies inside Yemen," Miftah told attendees inside the Al Saleh mosque. Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi remains alive but Defense Minister Mohamed al-Atifi, who runs the Missiles Brigades Group, has not been seen since the Israeli strike."
An Israeli airstrike killed 12 senior Houthi figures and most members of the group's cabinet after striking a crowd gathered to watch a televised speech by leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi. Thousands attended a funeral at Sanaa's largest mosque, where mourners chanted the Houthi slogan calling for death to America and Israel and victory to Islam. Mohammed Miftah, now de facto government head of the Iran-backed group, vowed revenge, ordered a security crackdown, and accused regional and internal collaborators of targeting the government. Abdul Malik al-Houthi remains alive, Defense Minister Mohamed al-Atifi has not been seen, and the Houthis have attacked Red Sea vessels since October 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians.
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