Israeli media count Yemen as another threat to the occupation

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
19 Oct 2023 10:19
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The Yemeni people are ready to intervene and implement any options deemed fit by the revolutionary leadership in this matter.

Yemeni Ansar Allah fighters raise their weapons during a demonstration marking al-Quds Day in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, July 1, 2016 (AP)

Israeli media reported today that Yemen poses an additional threat to "Israel" following the announcement of general mobilization by the Ansar Allah movement, expressing their readiness to actively participate in the battle alongside the Palestinians in occupied Palestine.

The angry demonstrations in various Yemeni provinces declared yesterday a "general popular jihad mobilization" over the aggression on Palestine and expressed readiness to implement any options deemed fit by the revolutionary leadership in this matter.

طوفان بشري ومسيرات حاشدة في العاصمة صنعاء وعدد من المحافظات تضامنا مع المقاومة الفلسطينية والشعب الفلسطيني في وجه الوحشية الصهيونية الأمريكية بحق المدنيين في #غزة.#مجزرة_مستشفى_المعمداني pic.twitter.com/k1FmqipipJ
— أمين أحمد حيان Ameen Hayyan (@ameanhayan) October 18, 2023

The leader of the Ansar Allah movement in Yemen, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, said last week that the decision to launch Operation Al-Aqsa Flood is a legitimate Palestinian decision that surprised both the enemy and allies.

The Yemeni people are ready to do everything in their power to fulfill their sacred duty of standing by the Palestinian people, the Yemeni leader said during a speech commenting on the latest developments in occupied Palestine.

"Our people are ready to mobilize in the hundreds of thousands and join the Palestinian people to confront the enemy, and we will not hesitate to do whatever is possible," he added.

The Yemeni leader explained that there are red lines when it comes to the situation unfolding in Gaza, and there is coordination between the Axis of Resistance, saying, "We are coordinating with the Axis of Resistance, and if the Americans make a direct military intervention, we are ready to participate, even with missile strikes and drone strikes."

"It is a duty to support the Palestinians with everything in our possession, and it is not permissible for this nation to stand by while Western countries help the criminal enemy," Sayyed al-Houthi stressed.

Moreover, he addressed the absence of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League in light of the latest developments, underlining that there are significant shortcomings - even in terms of condemnations - from many Arab countries.

Many parties have very weak positions, the Yemeni Resistance leader said, underlining that the positions of the normalizing regimes are shameful and reveal their loyalty to the Zionist enemy and their abandonment of the Palestinian people.

A State Department official who worked on arms transfers to the #US' allies resigned on Wednesday in protest of the #Biden administration's handling of Israeli aggression on #Gaza, stating that he could not support any further US military assistance to "Israel" and labeling the… pic.twitter.com/TosEssOY3E
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 19, 2023

The IOF are treading a thin line with their two-front aggression deterrence strategy against Gaza and South Lebanon respectively.

Senior Israeli leaders have expressed fear that the Lebanese Resistance would intensify operations in the South as the Gaza ground invasion draws imminent, recognizing that attempts at neutralizing the Palestinian Resistance will not go unanswered by their Lebanese counterparts.

The IOF have been carefully working around the deterrence equation enforced back in 2006 to avoid a retaliatory strike from Hezbollah deep within the Israeli entity.

However, "Israel" fears that Hezbollah would retaliate beyond current scales if a ground invasion of Gaza was to take place.

Given "Israel's" adamance to proceed with a ground invasion in Gaza, three scenarios seem to be likely on the Northern front: combat days, contained war, or regional war.