More than a million people demonstrated in Yemen on Friday in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and in condemnation of the continued Israeli genocide against the people of the Gaza Strip.

Under the slogan "Victory for Gaza... We are proceeding with the fifth phase of escalation", million-man marches took place this afternoon in Al-Sabeen Square in the capital Sanaa and more than 200 central and sub-squares in the governorates of Al-Hodeidah, Taiz, Ibb, Amran, Hajjah, Al-Mahwit, Al-Jawf, Dhamar, Al-Dhale'e and Lahj for the 40th Friday in solidarity with Gaza and in support of the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) and their operations.

The morning demonstrations included the governorates of Saada, Raymah, and Marib, and a number of directorates in the governorates of Taiz, Amran, Ibb, Hajjah, and Al-Mahwit.

Demonstrators reiterated their supportive stance towards Gaza and continued commitment to do so, saluting Palestinians and their steadfastness in the face of Israeli aggression praising their united efforts.

The Yemeni people also supported the operations of the YAF against "Israel", calling for even more operations in the fifth phase of the escalation.

In response to the Israeli aggression on Hodeidah, they denounced the US reception of Benjamin Netanyahu, asking  "Why do not the Arab and Muslim countries receive the leaders of the resistance as Washington receives the war criminal Netanyahu?"

Between occasional standing ovations and routine applauses, US Congress gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an excessively warm welcome that was reiterated almost 40 times in less than an hour.

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In a related context, the leader of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, Mr. Abdul Malik al-Houthi, announced that the Yemeni support front has launched the fifth phase of escalation through the "Yafa to Occupied Yafa" operation, in which the Yemeni armed forces targeted Tel Aviv with a Yafa drone last week.

In a speech delivered on Thursday, Sayyed al-Houthi confirmed that the Israeli occupation "was astonished by the operation and shocked due to the importance of the target that was hit and the long distance the Yemeni-made drone traveled."

He stated that the distance crossed by Yafa exceeded 2,200 km and that it managed to "penetrate all the barriers and defense that the occupation relies on, provided by" countries protecting it.

The Ansar Allah chief emphasized that targeting Tel Aviv, which includes the occupation's most vital facilities, represents "a critical point" that pains the occupation and strikes its "arrogance, and presumption," asserting that hitting it means "there is no safe place left for Israelis in occupied Palestine."

The drone operation "terrified the Israeli occupiers" residing in the area of the strike, Sayyed al-Houthi said.