Thousands of Houthi followers, many armed with weapons, crowded the capital of Yemen on Monday to hold a parade celebrating the terror group’s attacks in the Red Sea against the US and Israel.
Monday marked the latest rally by Houthis and their supporters in the capital city of Sanaa, where the demonstrators waved guns and Palestinian flags in a show of support for the Iran-backed terrorists.
Several of the demonstrators also trampled over Israeli and American flags that were tossed on the ground as a show of solidarity against the Houthis’ enemies.
The rally was held in addition to show support for the Palestinian terror group Hamas, which has been at war with Israel in Gaza since Hamas launched a sneak massacre on Israel on Oct. 7.
The show of unity came as the terror group claimed, without any evidence, that they attacked a US Navy vessel in the region Monday. American officials quickly denied the claim.
Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the group fired a missile at the USS Lewis B. Puller in the Gulf of Aden, a ship that had served as a mobile base for Navy operations seizing Iranian-made weapons bound for Yemen.
US Defense officials said there had been no such report of an attack on the mobile base Monday.
The reputed attack and demonstrations, which have been ongoing since Oct. 7, have stepped up following American-led airstrikes in Yemen this month.
The US and Britain have launched retaliatory strikes against the group, destroying several of the Houthis’ drone and missile sites.
The strikes in Yemen are meant to dismantle the Houthi’s military capabilities that could be used to attack commercial ships in the Red Sea.
The Biden administration recently reversed its 2021 decision and re-listed the Yemeni-based group as a specially designated global terrorist organization.
The terror group has condemned the label and continues to launch missiles and explosive drones against ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden on an almost daily basis as a show of support for Hamas.
The attacks have caused a disruption in global trading as they directly interfere with a major supply route between Europe and Asia, with the Houthis vowing to keep the attacks going until the war in Gaza ends.
The terrorists’ leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, welcomed the fight against the US in mid-January, claiming it will only make the militant group stronger.
“We praise God for this great blessing and great honor — for us to be in a direct confrontation with Israel and America,” he said in a televised statement.
With Post wires