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Message: [QUOTE="Nehanda, post: 22389, member: 2262"] Mohammed al-Bukhaiti is part of the Houthi political group in Yemen. He told the BBC that the Houthis are going to keep attacking Israel. They want to support the Palestinians in Gaza. The Houthis believe Israel is committing genocide there. Israel has been bombing Yemen because of this. On Thursday, they hit the main airport in Yemen's capital city, Sanaa. They also attacked ports and power stations near the Red Sea. At least four people died. Israel's leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, says this is just the beginning. He warned that Israel will do more in response to the Houthis' attacks. The Houthis have been launching missiles and drones at Israel for over a year now. They started doing this when the latest war between Israel and Hamas began in Gaza back in October 2023. The UN's top official is really worried. He thinks the attacks on the airport and ports are especially bad. They could make it harder to get help to people in Yemen. There's been a war going on there for a long time. The US and the UK have also bombed Yemen. They did this because the Houthis attacked lots of ships in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Bukhaiti says Yemen is now fighting directly against the US, UK, and Israel. Before, he claims they were only fighting against their "tools" during Yemen's civil war. By "tools," he probably means the countries that have been helping Yemen's government fight the Houthis since 2015. The Houthis took over Yemen's capital, Sanaa, that year. Since then, Saudi Arabia and other countries have been trying to stop them. Bukhaiti told the BBC that the Houthis will keep attacking Israel until the "genocide" and "siege" in Gaza end. Israel says it is not committing genocide against Palestinians there. Bukhaiti doesn't think the Houthis need Iran's help. He says they have enough support and resources on their own. He also thinks things will get worse when Donald Trump becomes the US president next month. But he warns that any escalation by the US will "backfire." Israel's defense minister says they will "hunt down" all the Houthi leaders. He compared it to what Israel did with the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah. The UN is still very worried. They want everyone to stop fighting and be careful. Israel says it only hit military targets in Yemen. But the Houthis claim Israel attacked civilian places. They say people died and things were damaged. The airport in Sanaa was hit just as the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) was about to leave on a UN plane. A crew member on that plane was badly hurt. The WHO leader was in Yemen to see how bad things are there. Yemen has a lot of cholera, and most people need some kind of help. He was also trying to get the Houthis to release 16 UN workers they were holding. The UN usually tells everyone about their flights into Yemen. But Israel says they didn't know the UN group was at the airport. The WHO is now trying to find out exactly what happened. [/QUOTE]

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