Yemenis Rally in Support of Gaza Palestinians

Thousands of Yemenis, mostly Houthi supporters, gathered in Yemen’s capital in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Protesters held up Palestinian and Yemeni flags and chanted slogans against the United States and Israel.

The Houthis have launched missiles and drones at Israel and disrupted global trade through the Red Sea in response to Israel's assault on Gaza.

In the rallies, held for the 40th week in a row, people carried Palestinian and Yemeni flags and shouted slogans against the US and the Israeli regime.

The protesters demanded the Yemeni Army to retaliate Israeli attack on Yemen's al-Hudaydah port and voiced readiness for direct confrontation with the regime and its main ally the US.

They chanted slogans confirming that the Yemeni people continue their support for the Palestinian people and their brave resistance, and are not intimidated by any aggression.

Protesters chanted slogans denouncing the Arab regimes that normalized ties with the Zionist entity in recent years for refusing to sever ties in response to repeated massacres in Gaza.

Israel says the Houthis have launched 200 attacks against it since the war began, many of them intercepted and most of them not deadly.

But a rare Houthi drone strike last Friday hit Tel Aviv, killing one person and prompting Israel to announce its first strikes against the group. The airstrikes hit near the Hodeidah and killed six people, local medics said.

Israel said it shot down a missile launched by the Houthis.

A Houthi response to Israeli airstrikes near Yemen's Hodeidah is coming, the group's leader declared in a televised speech.

"The response is inevitable," Abdulmalik al-Houthi said.

The group's attacks on Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza will continue and not be deterred by the Israeli airstrikes, he added.