Iran-Backed Houthi Terrorists Threaten to ‘Ban’ Israel from Red Sea

Chatham House research fellow Farea al-Muslimi told the leftist outlet New York Times (NYT) that the Houthis could effectively blockade the Bab el-Mandeb with only a few terrorist strikes against vulnerable tankers and cargo ships.

“They can just send a signal and only one attack has to happen – and that will send a shock across insurance companies,” he said.

“I won’t be surprised now if you have a joint lockdown of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab,” he predicted.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen declared “a complete and total ban on Israeli maritime navigation” through the Red Sea on Monday.

“We consider all enemy movements to be legitimate military targets for our armed forces,” the Houthis warned.

“Escalation will be met with escalation, and our operations will intensify in accordance with developments,” said Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, vowing to act “in coordination with the axis of jihad and resistance,” meaning Iran’s network of terrorist proxies across the Middle East.

“Our operations will continue as long as the aggression and siege continue against us and against the axis of struggle and resistance,” he said.

Saree also stated that Houthi forces attacked central Israel with missiles, “in response to Israeli aggression against Lebanon, Iran, and Gaza.”

“The Yemeni armed forces have launched missiles at important targets of the Israeli enemy in the occupied Jaffa area, which were precisely hit,” he said. By “occupied Jaffa,” he meant the area around Tel Aviv.

The Yemeni insurgents were evidently following the lead of their patrons in Iran, who launched missiles at Israel to retaliate against Israeli strikes against Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy in Lebanon. Houthi missiles prompted the first of several alerts in Israel on Monday morning, followed by salvos from Iran.

HEY Islamic Iranian Twelver Shia Mullahs,
HEY Islamic Iranian Backed Houthis:

HEAR the Word of Almighty God of Israel
regarding the nation of Israel 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

Jeremiah 31:37-39
English Standard Version

37 Thus says the Lord:

“If the Heavens above can be measured,
and the foundations of the Earth below can be explored,
then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel
for all that they have done,
declares the Lord.”

38 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

39 And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2031%3A37-39&version=ESV

Jeremiah 31:35-36
21st Century King James Version

35 Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the Sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the Moon and of the Stars for a light by night, who divideth the Sea when the waves thereof roar; the Lord of hosts is His name:

36 “If those ordinances depart from before Me,” saith the Lord, “then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me for ever.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2031%3A35-36&version=KJ21

Zechariah 2:8
King James Version

8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts;
After the glory hath He sent me unto
the nations which spoiled you: for he
that toucheth you toucheth the Apple of His Eye.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah%202%3A8&version=KJV

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