Yemeni rebels, like their main sponsor Iran, made contacts with the terrorist organization of ASZ-SZABAB and the Islamic State in Somalia, which came relatively easy to them, because all pages share hostility to the United States and Israel.
Especially Israel is concerned about this alliance, which, dealing with diplomacy and support of peace, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Foundation briefly explained: “Pragmatism over ideology.”
From the point of view of Tel Aviv, control over the corner of Africa “would increase the capabilities of Huti in the closing of international navigation on the key water trail of the Red Sea, which would undermine the global economy. In addition, the strong presence in this region would transform Huti from the” Iranian terrorist, acting on the periphery, in the fighting force, which is more than Attacking the Jewish state, “assessed the Israeli Portal Allisraelnews.
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Huti expand its activities
The former head of the Iran office in the Israeli Military Intelligence Department Danny Citrinowicz, cited by the portal, argued that Huti was already active in the corner of Africa, where they committed acts of terror in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Jibuti, recruit local agents and smuggle their weapons.
From September 2015 to January 2023, the United States, Saudi Arabia, France and Australia intercepted sixteen ships transporting about 29 thousand. The pieces of shooting and light weapons, 365 anti -tank guided missiles and 2.38 million ammunitions intended for terrorists operating in Somalia, were calculated by a global initiative against transnational organized crime, an international organization with headquarters in Geneva.
Currently, the strategic goal of Huti is the corner of Africa, Danny Citrinowicz recognized, although in the past they also threatened Israel from Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and showed interest in North Africa. “Their relationship with Africa is much more organic than the relationship with Iran,” he assessed.
According to the statement of the American diplomatic mission in Yemen of March 4, Huti intensified attacks on ships and ships flowing through the Red Sea, in October 2023, when the war in Gaza began. Since then, they have attacked over 100 times and sank two ships. As a result, over 70 percent Commercial ships, which once flowed through the Red Sea, now flows along a long route around South Africa.
