Houthis ask EU not to “add fuel to the fire” with naval mission in the Red Sea

Houthi rebels Of Yemen he asked this saturday European Union (EU) Not to add “further fuel to the fire” with naval missions that would likely be approved for deployment in the Red Sea And instead countries should move to “prevent crimes” Gaza Strip,

“Instead of adding fuel to the fire, EU countries must move seriously to stop the crimes of genocide in Gaza, and then We will immediately and automatically cease all our military operations” Mohammed al Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi political bureau, said on his official account on Platform X.

Houthi leader reprimands twenty-seven for their Double standards In international conflicts. He indicated that European societies “should realize that moral and human values ​​are fixed and do not change according to a person’s nationality and religion, and treating them with extreme selectivity that is tantamount to schizophrenia is the scope of wars. The world will expand, which will extend to Europe”.

attacks on traders

On 19 November, the Houthis launched a campaign of attacks against merchant vessels in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that they say belong to Israel. Due to this attack by Shia rebels, many shipping companies had to make changes in their ships. navigation route Choose the option to go between Asia and Europe and now around Cape New Hope in Africa, which extends the journey by 10 days compared to the Suez Canal route.

“We attack only ships belonging to Israel, not with the aim of capturing or sinking them, but with the aim of diverting them Increase economic costs for Israel As a pressure letter to stop its crimes in Gaza and allow food, medicine and fuel to its besieged residents. “It is a legitimate act, especially because we are at war with him,” he said.

And he said that if the crews of those ships “had responded to the instructions of our naval forces, they would not have been detained or bombed.”

EU countries want to ensure that the naval missions they send to the Red Sea defensive character To protect merchant ships from attacks launched by the Houthis, but they are not considering attacking Yemen like the United States and the United Kingdom.