Hezbollah sees all maritime navigation in danger after US strikes on Yemen

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the Houthis would continue targeting ships belonging to Israel and going to its ports.

By: Reuters
Beirut | Updated: January 15, 2024 07:52 AM IST

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Tribal supporters of the Houthi group hold up their firearms as they leave a protest against recent U.S.-led strikes on Houthi targets, near Sanaa, Yemen, January 14, 2024. (Reuters)

The Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Sunday that the United States was wrong if it thought the Houthis of Yemen would stop confronting Israel in the Red Sea, saying US actions there had endangered all maritime navigation.

Describing US and British strikes on Yemen as an act of stupidity, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the Houthis would continue targeting ships belonging to Israel and going to its ports.

“The more dangerous thing is what the Americans did in the Red Sea will harm all maritime navigation, even the ships that are not going to Palestine, even the ships which are not Israeli, even the ships that have nothing to do with the matter, because the sea has become a theatre of fighting, missiles, drones and war ships,” he said.

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