Houthi rebels have concluded a fire termination agreement with the US. Their reaction after Trump announced that they “capitulated”

A high -ranking Houthi official rejected the assertion of US President Donald Trump that the Yemeni armed group “capitulated” when it agreed on a ceasefire agreement with the US, saying that the Americans are “back”, reports the BBC.

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“What has changed is the American position, but our position remains firm,” said the chief negotiator Mohammed Abdul Salam for the Al-Mashirah television station, led by the Houthi group.

Salam also said that the agreement does not include the cessation of attacks on Israel, which performed two rounds of reprisals on Yemen this week.

The support of the YEMENI rebels for the Palestinian people of Gaza “It will not change”he added.

The Houthi group will continue to attack the Israeli ships passing through the YEMEN, a vital maritime route for world trade, a rebel official for AFP on Wednesday.

“Maritime paths are safe for all international vessels, except for Israeli. Israel is not part of the agreement, it refers only to American vessels and other ships,” said Abdulmalik Alejri, adding that Israeli ships have not transit the Red Sea for some time.

Yemen rebels announce that US agreement does not include Israeli ships

The United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen have reached a fire termination agreement, the Omanese mediator said on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced the cessation of American air attacks against Tehran's insurgents.

“In the future, none of the parties will target the other, including American ships, in the Red Sea and in the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait.“Lar from Yemen, the Foreign Minister of Oman said on Tuesday, Badr al-Busaidi.

“The cessation of fire will guarantee the freedom of navigation and the fluidity of international maritime trade”he said.

The announcement of the agreement occurred a few hours after bombing launched by Israeli air forces destroyed the international airport in the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, and killed three people, according to rebels.

The group supported by Iran controls a large part of the northwest of Yemen in 2014, when he removed the internationally recognized government in the capital of Sanaa and triggered a devastating civil war.

From November 2023, Houthii targeted dozens of commercial ships with rockets, drones and small boats in the Red Sea and Aden Bay. They sank two ships, confiscated the third and killed four crew members.

The Houthii were not discouraged by the development of Western war ships in the Red Sea and Aden Bay to protect commercial ships last year.

On March 15, Trump ordered the intensification of the air campaign against the Houth and threatened that they will be “completely annihilated”.

At the end of April, the US Army said it had attacked over 800 targets, including control and control installations, air defense systems and advanced weapon manufacture and storage facilities. He also said that the attacks killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and “Many Houthi leaders ”without name.

Donald Trump has announced that the rebels have capitulated

Tuesday at the White House, Trump announced that Houthii said that “They don't want to fight anymore.”

“They simply do not want to fight, and we will honor this and stop the bombings, and they have capitulated”, he said. “But, more importantly, we will believe the word. ”

“They say they will no longer throw ships and this was the purpose of what I was doing.”

Israel also performed air attacks against July 2024 houth, in response to hundreds of rockets and drones that the Israeli army claims have been launched on the country of Yemen.

Most were shot down, but on Sunday a Houthi rocket landed near the main International Israel airport, Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv, slightly injuring six people.

The attack caused Israel to carry out two rounds of air attacks on what the army called “Houthi terrorist infrastructure.”

The first attack, for Monday, targeted the port of Hudaydah from the Red Sea, destroying, it seems, docks, warehouses and the customs area. The Ministry of Health in the government led by Houthi said four people were killed.

On Tuesday, Israeli aircraft bombarded the main airport of Yemmen in Sanaa and several power plants.

Sources told Reuters that the track, three aircraft, departure room and a military base were destroyed. Three people were killed, according to the Ministry of Health.

“I have often said that anyone attacking the state of Israel will pay the price,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.