"Our military operations will not stop," declared the Houthis of Yemen, saying they will not cease attacks on ships in the Red Sea, despite the US announcing a new maritime protection force to counter them

Tens of thousands of Yemenis joined the recurring Friday demonstration in Sanaa in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip; Houthi rebels threatened to expand their campaign against ships travelling to Israel

The Houthis claim that the US is planning a new round of attacks against Yemen in response to attacks on ships in the Red Sea and the shooting down of a US drone

A Houthi official in Yemen called this week for the resumption of food aid distribution in the war-torn country to avert "dangerous stages of famine" as Yemen experiences one of the world's worst humanitarian crises

Yemen's Houthi group hosted an online meeting with leaders of Iran, Hizbullah, Hamas, and other factions of the "axis of resistance," gathered to deliberate on the current state of affairs in Gaza and the wider region