Yemen will prevail in support of Gaza, Palestine: Hodeidah Governor

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
6 Feb 2024 22:57
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The Governor tells Al Mayadeen that Yemen still has hidden capabilities that will surprise the enemies and decide the battle.

The Governor of Yemen's Hodeidah Mohammed Ayyash Quhim in an undisclosed location in Yemen (Social media)

The governor of Hodeidah affirmed that Yemen will prevail in supporting the humanitarian cause of the Palestinian people against the aggressors, stressing that no power in the world can prevent it from supporting Gaza.

Talking to Al Mayadeen, Mohammed Ayyash Quhim stressed that "even if the forces of aggression bring the whole world together [to face Yemen], they will not be able to prevent Yemen from supporting the cause."

The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) launched Red Sea operations last November in support of Gaza, conditioning their end to the cease of the Israeli war on the Strip.

Attempting to void Yemen's efforts and prevent Sanaa from enforcing the equation, Washington and the UK launched a series of attacks on the country over the past weeks, most of which targeted the Hodeidah coastal district, claiming that the strikes destroyed part of YAF's capabilities, thus hindering their ability to continue operations.

However, the Red Sea attacks did not stop, rather, they increased to include for the first time in recent history a US warship that was targeted and hit by the Yemeni army.

Commenting on Washington's claims that strikes are weakening Sanaa's ability to carry out operations, Quhim pointed out that Yemen "manufactures and possesses military capabilities that have not been revealed until today," adding that these capabilities will be "a surprise to the enemy and will determine the course of the battle."

"Yemen is an independent state that cannot be dictated, and we have leadership and a supreme political council, and matters are progressing toward what serves our nation," adding that "other countries can't even keep up a restaurant sign without being asked to remove it," referring to what happened in Jordan recently.

Elsewhere in his remarks, he emphasized that the security and protection of the Red Sea is the responsibility of countries shoring it, "not those who traveled 9,000 kilometers to Hodeidah," such as the United States and Britain.

Quhim pointed out that the United States had militarized the Red Sea via its warships long before the start of the war last October, emphasizing that Washington "is not seeking global security but rather the security of Israel."

Regarding navigation in the strategic waterway, Quhim mentioned that "more than 4,800 ships have normally crossed the Red Sea according to statistics," confirming that this number excludes Israeli ships and those associated with them, attributing this to Yemen being "in a state of war" and emphasizing that "aggression against the Palestinian people constitutes an aggression against Yemen."

He assured that all ships could pass through via the Red Sea "peacefully and smoothly," except for Israeli ships and those linked to them.

A street in Hodeidah Governorate was recently named "October 7" in celebration of the Palestinian Resistance's Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

Quhim said that it expresses "the pride and honor for all Muslims on the occasion of the operation," confirming that this naming was "in response to the demands of the Yemeni people and the directives of [Ansar Allah leader] Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi."