“Israel” Threatens to Assassinate Sayyed Al-Houthi

By Staff, Agencies

The "Israeli" occupation entity has threatened to assassinate the leader of Yemeni Ansarullah revolutionary movement Sayyed Abdul Malik Al-Houthi, should Sana’a persist in its pro-Palestinian missile strikes against sensitive and strategic "Israeli" targets.

Posting on the X social media platform on Friday, the entity’s war minister, Yisrael Katz said if the Yemeni operations continued, “they will suffer painful blows.”

Katz said the entity’s potential assassination of Sayyed al-Houthi would resemble its assassinations or attempted targeted lethal attacks against “Deif and the Sinwars in Gaza.”

The “Israeli” war minister was referring to the former chief of staff of the Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, Mohammed Deif, whose assassination by the entity was announced in January.

Hamas confirmed last October that Yahya Sinwar, the movement’s former Political Bureau chief, had been martyred during attacks by the entity.

Recently, the entity's media outlets have been trying to lend credibility to allegations that "Israel" could have also assassinated Muhammad Sinwar, Yahya’s brother, although this has not been confirmed by any official Hamas’ source.

Katz also said a potential successful targeted lethal operation by the entity against Sayyed al-Houthi would recall "Israel's" assassination of Hezbollah’s former secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and Ismail Haniyeh, who was Hamas’ Political Bureau chief before Yahya Sinwar.

Ansarullah is yet to comment on Katz’s remarks.

However, regional resistance groups have also asserted that "Israel's" assassination of their senior officials only serves to further invigorate their resolve to reinforce their defensive firepower and close their ranks.