The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has roundly denounced the United States and Britain for launching military strikes against targets in Yemen, warning of the dangerous consequences that the attacks could have on security and stability in the West Asia region.
“We in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemn in the strongest terms the American-British aggression, and aerial and seaborne bombardment of Yemeni territories. We consider it a crime and a blatant aggression against Yemen’s sovereignty, and a threat to the security of the region,” Hamas said in a statement on Friday.
The Gaza-based group also slammed Washington and London for the militarization of West Asia, saying they are heavily protecting the occupying Zionist enemy and covering up its crimes against Palestinians and other nations in the region.
Earlier on Friday, US and British forces carried out air, naval and submarine attacks on Yemeni targets. US President Joe Biden said the attacks were a joint operation by the US and the UK, with help from Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands.
The attacks on Yemen followed Yemeni forces’ strikes on several Israeli-related ships in the Red Sea. Yemen says it is conducting the operations in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, who have suffered more than 23,500 deaths in Israel’s aggression since October 7.
Hamas saluted the Yemeni nation and its unshakable solidarity with Palestinians throughout the Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.
“We affirm that the brutal aggression against Yemen is an uncalculated act of terror, under the influence of the occupying Zionist entity and its far-right administration. It will only escalate violence and tensions in the region. Washington and London bear full responsibility for potential repercussions,” the Palestinian resistance movement said.
Hamas stated that security and stability will not prevail across the region unless the Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Arab lands comes to an end.
The Palestinian group urged Washington and London to review their colonial policies, in recognition of the rights and interests of Muslim nations, and not to turn a blind eye to the Israeli atrocities and the genocide that Palestinians are facing.
Al Khalifah regime’s participation in Yemen aggression slammed
Moreover, the deputy secretary general of Bahrain’s opposition al-Wefaq National Islamic Society strongly condemned the Al Khalifah regime’s participation in the all-out strikes against Yemen.
Sheikh Hussain al-Daihi told Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network that such actions reveal the dimensions of Israeli schemes and the true nature of the ruling Manama regime.
He emphasized that the cooperation and participation of the Al Khalifah regime in US and UK strikes against Yemen divulges the hostile approach of Bahraini statesmen.
“Bahrain’s participation in the aggression clearly points to the growing rift between Al Kahlifa regime on one side and Bahraini nation as well as other Arab and Muslim peoples on the other,” Daihi noted.
Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine’s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7 after the territory’s Palestinian resistance movements carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.
Reports revealed that Israeli shipping companies have already decided to reroute their vessels in fear of attacks by Yemeni forces.
Yemeni forces have also launched missile and drone attacks on targets in the Israeli-occupied territories after the regime’s aggression on Gaza.
