Speech by Leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi (May Allah protect him) on the Latest Developments
Thursday, 02 Dhu Al-Hijjah1446 A.H. (29 May 2025 A.D.)
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the outcast.
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Praise is to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. I believe that there is no god but Allah, the Sovereign and the Manifest Truth, and that Muhammad, our master, is His servant, Messenger, and Last Prophet.
O Allah! Confer Your salat and blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad as You conferred Your salat and blessings upon Ibrahim and the Family of Ibrahim. You are Owner of Praise, Owner of Glory! And be pleased with Muhammad's good companions and all Your righteous servants and mujahidin.
Brothers and sisters, peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The first is the Israeli enemy’s ongoing campaign of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. This brutal assault has continued for twenty months—more than six hundred days—during which the total number of martyrs, missing persons, and the wounded has exceeded 187,400 Palestinians, a large proportion of whom are women and children.
When we look at the tragedy of the Palestinian people, we must understand that it is a very long-standing tragedy spanning 77 years—including, most recently, twenty months at this current level of genocide, starvation, and siege. That’s why our perspective—and our emotions—must not be limited to what has happened in just one week. Each day that passes adds to the suffering; it deepens the tragedy, magnifies its consequences, and worsens the toll it takes on the lives of the oppressed Palestinian people. Such is the injustice faced by the Palestinian people, especially by those in Gaza.
Here are some of the horrific crimes committed by the enemy this week:
- One of these crimes was the targeting of displaced civilians sheltering at a school in the Al-Daraj neighbourhood, where the Israeli enemy bombed the courtyard with missiles, setting fire to the tents and burning the displaced alive. It was a shocking and tragic massacre.
- Another crime was the targeting of the children of a Palestinian doctor who works at Nasser Medical Complex. While she was on duty, she was horrified to see the remains of her nine children brought into the emergency room after an Israeli strike hit her home. She found her children’s charred and dismembered bodies in the emergency ward where she works—a heartbreaking example of the daily tragedies inflicted on the Palestinian people by Zionist Jewish aggression.
In its aggression against the Palestinian people, the Israeli enemy seeks to kill as many Palestinians as possible. That’s why it often targets them at various times—most notably during the late hours of the night in shelters, when displaced families have gathered in their tents. It also deliberately focuses on the mass killing of children, with a significant proportion of those martyred in the Gaza Strip being children.
Jewish ideology is rooted in the extermination of children. One prominent Zionist figure openly declared that they are committed to revenge and to destroying Gaza, from its infants to its elders. Statistics show that nearly 1,000 infants have been martyred—although the real number could be far higher—along with thousands of other children of various ages. A former member of what is called the' Knesset' even said just days ago that every infant in Gaza is an enemy!
Indeed, this reflects the true Israeli mentality and the criminal, malevolent Zionist psyche—a mentality that holds such a view and acts upon it in the targeting of the Palestinian people in Gaza. The core issue for the Zionist regime is the very existence of the Palestinian people on their own land, so it seeks to eliminate them through genocide, mass killings, forced displacement, and every method of eradicating them from their homeland. That is why even infants are viewed as enemies: their mere existence is seen as a threat to the occupying, criminal, oppressive Jews. They are targeted through comprehensive acts of annihilation: aerial, land, and sea bombardment, starvation, and the deliberate obstruction of food and medicine—every available means of targeting.
Starvation, too, remains an ongoing method of genocide. The Israeli enemy continues to enforce a suffocating siege and impose hunger as a weapon of war. Thousands of children are now at risk of dying from starvation, with deaths being reported daily due to malnutrition, hunger, and the severe lack of access to basic food supplies.
This week, the Israeli enemy, in a display of deception and contempt, carried out what can only be described as a farce. The aim was to engineer hunger in Gaza. The occupation seeks to herd hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into cramped, confined enclosures, keeping them in a state of perpetual suffocation as they await meagre food rations. This is done through a cruel and hostile distribution system, reminiscent of the Nazi camps during World War II, and similar to what colonial powers inflicted on Arabs and Muslims in Algeria, Libya, and elsewhere.
The Israeli enemy, in adopting this approach—while blocking the entry of thousands of trucks loaded with food supplies, leaving them to rot as they sit stranded for prolonged periods, and while also preventing UN teams and humanitarian organisations from distributing aid—stands fully exposed in its disgraceful farce. This is a universally unacceptable farce—one that no party can accept. Any international actor (whether the United Nations or any other organisation) that accepts such a mechanism is complicit in violating all international and globally recognised conventions and all human rights. That is because it constitutes an act of aggression and a war crime. What the Israeli enemy seeks to achieve through its deliberate planning of starvation in the Gaza Strip and its control over food distribution is a crime against humanity and an act of genocide in its own right.
Health aid has been suspended, and the Israeli enemy keeps targeting hospitals and healthcare workers. With health aid blocked, medical supplies and medicines are running out as the number of patients and wounded individuals surge daily. Every single day sees a significant increase in the numbers of the sick and injured among the Palestinian people, so there is an urgent and significant need for medical supplies and medicines. However, the Israeli enemy continues to block their entry while simultaneously bombing hospitals and deliberately targeting medical personnel.
The criminal and barbaric practices of the Israeli enemy—including genocide, starvation policies, and mass killings—all serve its ultimate goal of forcibly displacing the Palestinian people and fully occupying the Gaza Strip. Simultaneously, it continues to practice all forms of assaults throughout the West Bank, ultimately pursuing the same goals.
The Israeli enemy has recently announced that it wants to establish a large number of colonial outposts in the West Bank, aiming to tighten its grip and control over the territory. Simultaneously, it continues to carry out all forms of aggression in the West Bank—including killings, kidnappings, armed robberies, and acts of plundering—as it has done in various regions, raiding and plundering Palestinian currency exchange offices and gold shops.
Among the criminal practices of the usurping herds, referred to as ‘settlers’, is the repeated assault on Palestinian family homes. They attack these homes, set them ablaze, burn crops and even pasturelands in the plains, and uproot olive trees. This is how their barbaric practices against the Palestinian people are—targeting them in every conceivable way. This is not to mention the ongoing demolition of homes and the relentless bulldozing of neighbourhoods, shops, etc.
On the anniversary of the occupation of Al-Quds by Zionist forces, a day that stands as one of the darkest memories of our Islamic Ummah and among the most perilous days—this anniversary serves as a reminder of the occupation of Al-Quds by the Zionist Jews, the Ummah’s worst enemies who are known for their criminality, oppression, and corruption. They occupied the city of Al-Quds, which embraces one of the most sacred sites in Islam, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the site of the Prophet’s Night Journey, and the first qibla of the Muslims, a vital part of the heart of Islam. In light of the ongoing developments in Palestine, this anniversary should have captured the attention of our Ummah—its scholars, elites, leaders, those in positions of responsibility, and the free and conscious individuals of this Ummah. The entire Ummah must reflect on this occasion as a reminder of its responsibility, to recognise once again the seriousness of neglecting its sacred sites, and the grave danger of persisting in that negligence. The Ummah must reassess its current state and confront the escalating threats facing the Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially as the Israeli enemy continues its hostile actions aimed ultimately at its destruction. Indeed, the Israeli enemy does not conceal this objective; it is a declared goal, and the steps being taken towards it are clear and plainly visible.
The Israeli enemy conducts near-daily incursions in an increasingly aggressive manner, attempting to Judaise the Al-Aqsa Mosque and erase its Islamic identity. Furthermore, the enemy is carrying out carefully planned excavations and digging tunnels beneath and around the mosque, aimed ultimately at undermining and eventually demolishing the mosque. These efforts have resulted in twenty-seven tunnels and excavations, all designed to push the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its walls towards structural failure and collapse. This is already visible in the condition of the mosque’s southern wall, which now hangs precariously without any supporting foundations.
The Israeli enemy’s tunnel and excavation operations beneath and around the Al-Aqsa Mosque have been underway for many years; it is by no means a recent development. The Israeli enemy continues with these activities—among them, the tunnel in which senior Zionist criminals held a meeting. Planning for this tunnel began in 2005, and it was inaugurated six years ago by the Israeli regime, with the participation of the American ambassador at the time, who appeared in video footage holding a hammer and working inside the tunnel. This was a deliberate display to affirm American involvement and support for the Israeli enemy in its targeting of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Therefore, this issue is not merely a reaction to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood; rather, it is part of a long-term, ongoing strategy. This same Israeli enemy once set fire to Al-Aqsa and has continued its multifaceted assault ever since. It has worked relentlessly to Judaise Al-Quds through numerous activities, and conspiracies. The details of this campaign are extensive, as many books and media programmes have documented it. The Israeli enemy is following a clearly defined path, taking step after step towards achieving this declared objective.
Last Monday, on the anniversary that should have motivated Muslims—as we said—to evaluate what is currently happening and what has happened in the past and to assess their current situation and the grave threat facing the Al-Aqsa Mosque with its great sanctity to Muslims, Muslims instead remained utterly silent: no movement, no sense of responsibility, no concern. In contrast, the Zionist Jews carried out the largest incursions, with thousands of them storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its courtyards, raising Zionist Jewish flags, in one of the most brazen incursions since the occupation of Al-Quds.
The extent of these incursions, along with the rituals they carried out in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and near the Buraq Wall, clearly demonstrated that they aim to impose a Zionist Jewish identity on the site and erase its Islamic identity. They desecrated it with their incursions, their superstitious rituals, and their mocking, boastful dances that brazenly defied Muslims everywhere.
In those incursions, senior Zionist criminals have made hostile statements that confirmed their aggressive intentions to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and build their alleged temple, as well as statements that expressed their hostility towards all Muslims and Arabs without exception. One of their senior criminals, who is among the worst and most brazen of them, said that they will not differentiate between their enemies, referring to all Arabs and Muslims.
Indeed, this is the Israeli view and the Jewish psyche towards all Arabs, including those who normalise relations with them. Their reality is as Allah described in the Holy Quran, {‘Here you are! You love them but they do not love you’}. The same applies to those whose hearts are filled with love for these criminals, tyrants, corrupt, and immoral people—who possess nothing to inspire love or admiration. Such love, inclination, and loyalty toward them are considered an unhealthy and diseased condition: {'So you see those in whose hearts is a sickness hastening into them'}. It is a diseased condition that reflects a bankruptcy in morality and a flaw in human nature's purity. In fact, a person who reaches the point of inclining towards them, desiring to build relationships with them, and seeking to establish ties and common relationship with them—despite their evil, criminality, tyranny, hatred, deceit, scheme, and greed, as well as their treachery and wickedness—is in an extremely deplorable state, an entirely unnatural one. They have constantly revealed and continue to reveal their hostility towards all Muslims. This is not merely an issue between them and the Islamic Republic of Iran; they are enemies of all Muslims. The Quran has declared this truth: {'You will surely find the most bitter towards the believers to be the Jews and those who associate others with Allah'}. Whoever denies this truth is denying the Holy Quran and its explicit verses and rejecting the facts observed on the ground, which are clearly visible to humanity regarding the Israelis' actions and what they have carried out over all these decades.
Their chants in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque—a site of immense symbolic and sacred significance to Muslims—included cries of 'Death to Arabs!' They repeated this slogan, which dates back to the very outset of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. For seventy-seven years they have never ceased to shout it, expressing their hostility towards all Arabs. Alongside these chants, they have pursued aggressive policies, committed criminal acts, carried out mass exterminations, and more.
This reveals the truth to all those influenced by the propaganda campaigns and media outlets, including Zionist mouthpieces in Arab society and some Arab media outlets who portray to people (in denial of the most obvious truths) that there is no conflict between Arabs and Israel and that it is all about an Iranian issue with the Israelis. Everything happening in Palestine exposes the falsehood of this narrative. It thoroughly refutes that false, baseless claim, which—as we have said—represents a complete denial of all facts and of clear and evident verses of the Holy Quran.
They chant this same slogan—'Death to Arabs!'—at various hostile events, and this is also accompanied by aggressive measures, attitudes, and actions such as killings, exterminations, and crimes.
Worse than all of this—and the clearest expression of their deep hostility towards Islam, all Muslims, and everything connected to Islam—are their chants insulting the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad (PBUH&F).
To insult him is to insult all the prophets; to insult the Seal of the Prophets, the Messenger of Allah Muhammad (PBUH&F) is to insult all the prophets and the sublime and sacred status of prophethood and divine message. This is the third key area of focus in this speech.
This matter is both serious and significant. No Muslim should ignore it or let it pass as though it were ordinary or inconsequential.
From the moment they occupied Palestine until today—and even before—such insults have formed part of the Zionist Jews' beliefs, culture, and rhetoric within their own circles. What is different now is that these affronts take place in a hostile, mobilisation context against this Ummah unlike before, when this was limited to their internal circles during their cultural activities or in their educational activity. Now, the issue exists within a hostile movement directed at this Muslim Ummah, especially Arabs. Since the very outset of their occupation of Palestine until now, the Jews have openly hurled vile slurs and obscene language against the Messenger of Allah Muhammad (PBUH&F), to the extent that such insults have become part of their slogans in their various hostile occasions.
Similarly, their attitude towards the Holy Quran is evident in their burning copies of the Quran, which has occurred repeatedly. They share videos filming themselves as they set the Noble Book alight, tear its pages apart, or trample it underfoot, and they boast of doing so!
They also target mosques—disregarding all their sanctity—by demolishing or bulldozing them, setting them on fire, desecrating them, or scrawling insulting graffiti on their walls aimed at Islam, Muslims, the Prophet, and the Quran.
What they do, on their part, is not surprising, given their disbelief, evil, wickedness, criminality, and tyranny. In their present state, it is only to be expected that they would heap such insults on the Prophet of Islam, the Messenger of Allah Muhammad (PBUH&F). Allah tells us in the Holy Quran how they have insulted Him, His angels, and His prophets. They are the same people who have a murderous record of even slaying prophets, not merely insulting them with words. In their own scripture (the Talmud) and in their false culture, there are countless insults directed at many prophets by name. They insult them with the most vile, horrific, and obscene language and fabricate the most outrageous slanders against them, aiming to defame them.
What is truly bizarre is the passivity and silence exhibited by all Arabs and Muslims and the fact that they are not provoked by all of this, even though, as we mentioned, this comes within a hostile, mobilisation framework against this Ummah, and not merely a matter of a public discourse— nonetheless, it is condemned in all cases and constitutes a crime. It should provoke Muslims and should be sufficient to prompt them to take a stand at the highest level against those criminal, vicious enemies. However, this is the case even when the enemy acts aggressively and makes every effort to target this Ummah and express its opposition to us as a Muslim ummah in all aspects, including our religion and our religious beliefs and sanctities. It holds intense malevolence against us and shows no respect for anything related to us whatsoever: our identity, conviction, or affiliation—nothing at all. It embodies pure malevolence; fundamentally, its malevolence and contempt to all Arabs and Muslims is so extreme that it refuses even to recognise us as human beings. We addressed some of the sayings that exist in the Talmud, which the Jews keep repeating in their schools, their media, their gatherings and incorporate in their culture against Muslims and what they call as 'goyim'—a word they use to refer to non-Jews within human societies—portraying them as mere animals! They even place them below other animals: They favour dogs, donkeys, and pigs and have explicit and clear statements on this matter.
Nonetheless, this overwhelming malevolence directed at you as a Muslim should compel you to adopt a position against them as outright enemies and to have a conscious and unwavering awareness that they are enemies with such a level of enmity and such a degree of malevolence towards you and your sanctities, possessing not even a shred of respect for you. Even if you count yourself among the normalisers or those who align themselves with them, they owe no respect to you, to your dearest and greatest sanctities, nor to anything that matters to you. In their eyes, there is no regard for you nor for your existence, sanctities, identity, or affiliation. On the contrary, they bear animosity towards you in every aspect and with the utmost hostility in all matters.
Given their legacy of criminality, tyranny, depravity, inhumanity, and complete moral bankruptcy, the enmity of the Zionist Jews towards the Messenger (PBUH&F), the Holy Quran, and the true Islamic religion serves as proof of the greatness of the Messenger, as well as Islam and the Quran. This is because the Messenger (PBUH&F), the Holy Quran, and the true religion of Islam, in its essence and purity, embody the values of truth, goodness and justice, noble ethics, and innate human values that Allah has instilled in mankind. In stark contrast, the Zionist Jews are the enemies of all of these values: enemies of truth and innate human values. They embody oppression, criminality, tyranny, corruption, hatred, and evil, manifesting the very essence of wickedness in their beliefs, behaviour, treatment of others, and actions. All of this is glaringly evident in what they are doing to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. They have revealed themselves to the entire world as a force of evil in every sense of the word: a dark, false, spiteful, and morally bankrupt force that rejects all universally recognised human values and refuses to heed the voice of truth, justice, or humanity. Even as people across the world cry out for an end to the genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, they ignore it all.
However, the real disgrace falls on Muslims when they lose even the slightest sense of zeal for their own religion and sanctities, when nothing matters to them anymore—neither their faith nor their worldly affairs. The Jews, despite all their deep-seated hatred for everything related to our Islamic religion—even towards the Messenger (PBUH&F) and the Holy Quran— also seek to plunder everything tied to our worldly life. They pose a grave threat to our security as a Muslim ummah, to our wealth, and to our homelands. Their schemes and conspiracies are clear, centred on occupation, domination, plunder, theft, subjugation, killing, and genocide. What they are doing, what they still plan to carry out, what they have done from the very beginning of their occupation of Palestine, and what they have done to other countries are all plainly evident and serve as unmistakable proof of their intent.
The state in which Muslims reach a point where they no longer care about their religion or their worldly affairs, losing all sense of zeal for their faith and sanctities, is a deeply degraded and regrettable one. Such a state invites enemies to covet and exploit them and poses a grave danger to their relationship with Allah, the Almighty. No other nation, people, or group has reached this level of indifference—not even the polytheists. In fact, the polytheists were never so indifferent or careless about what they believed in, what they held sacred, and what they clung to, even though those beliefs were false. Allah has narrated extensively about them in the Holy Quran. For example, He said of them: {'The elite among them went forth saying, “Carry on, and stand firm in devotion to your gods'}. They mobilised, acted, took positions, and fought—all for the sake of a falsehood they clung to, a belief they revered and defended with passion. There is another example in the story of Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH): {'They concluded, “Burn him up to avenge your gods, if you must act”'}. They showed no silence, no tolerance, no compromise in the face of what they saw as a threat. And these were people following falsehood—disbelievers and idolaters!
With this in mind, how have Muslims come to such a state—despite belonging to Islam, the true religion, whose sanctities are the most sacred, truly worthy of reverence and exaltation?! This religion, if we adhere to it and carry it as our mission and cause, is the key to our victory—to becoming a noble and triumphant ummah that enjoys the support, care, and divine victory of Allah, the Almighty. Yet this Ummah has deteriorated to the point of indifference! Insults of the gravest kind are committed—against the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&F), against the Holy Quran—and still, not even a trace of outrage or reaction is stirred in the hearts of many! This is a deeply alarming state! How distant is this state from the spirit of faith that every Muslim ought to attain, where love and reverence for the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&F) surpass all else that a person holds dear or considers important?!
That is why Allah (the Almighty) says in the Holy Quran: {'Say, “If your parents and children and siblings and spouses and extended family and the wealth you have acquired and the trade you fear will decline and the homes you cherish— are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and struggling in His Way, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people"'}. This is the case when a person becomes merely a passive observer, awaiting outcomes without any sense of engagement or response. This results from the loss of one's spiritual and moral drive, and it also signals a bankruptcy of humanity, morals, and values. This is one of the serious consequences, as mentioned in the previous speech, of the other front in the battle with the enemies of Islam facing our Ummah: the soft war. It is a corrupting, misleading war that targets this Ummah’s thought, culture, spiritual morale, values, and ethics, with the aim of reducing it to a tamed nation—one that can be easily annihilated, completely controlled, and totally dominated by its enemies.
In the reality of our Islamic Ummah, when it comes to stirring up internal strife within the Ummah, we see how some people react with intense force, harshness, and focused effort, employing media, military, security, financial means, and every possible method. They do so under banners aimed at fuelling sectarian and doctrinal discord, exploiting differences between sects, and accompanied by numerous fabrications and false claims lacking any foundation in truth. The true objective behind all these banners is to provoke emotions and drive people into conflict. The same pattern plays out under political and other banners: People become highly reactive, outrage mounts, tensions flare, and firm positions are taken. Yet when the criminal Zionist Jews insult and slander the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&F) and all Muslims—from the dawn of Islam until today—not the slightest trace of indignation stirs in those who fan the flames of discord, especially those who wave sectarian and doctrinal banners to incite strife.
The Israeli enemy is an enemy of Islam and all Muslims. The tools it uses to excavate tunnels and digs beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds are intended to erase the history of Muslims and undermine their present and future. Therefore, no Muslim should ever think of those events in Palestine as something happening over there and thus irrelevant to him.
'There' means Palestine—it means the Al-Aqsa Mosque, your sacred places, a part of your Ummah, and a people who are part of your Ummah. What happens there directly concerns you. There is you. What is there is the Israeli enemy, which harbours enmity and hatred towards you as it does towards the Palestinian people. As you witness its crimes against the Palestinian people and its brutality and aggression that reach the level of genocide against children, you should bear in mind that this enemy has no problem committing the same acts against your own children. It would not hesitate to carry out acts of genocide against Arab women everywhere, just as it is doing now to Palestinian women in Gaza and beyond. It is your enemy wherever you may be, and its conspiracies and plans target you and your other sacred sites. It intends the same for Mecca, the Sacred House, the rituals of Hajj, Medina, and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. It intends the same destruction and holds the same deep hatred towards all your sacred sites. Therefore, this is not a matter you can simply ignore without facing any consequences. You bear responsibility before Allah (the Almighty), and the repercussions and consequences of these events will reach you whether you like it or not. Ignorance, negligence, and evasion of this responsibility will bring no benefit.
Regarding Palestinian steadfastness, which has been the primary reason why the Israeli enemy has not made significant progress in going ahead with the rest of its plans, as this steadfastness remains a substantial barrier facing the Israeli enemy:
- The Al-Qassam Brigades have successfully carried out nine significant operations in Gaza, actively confronting Israeli ground incursions.
- Other operations have also been carried out by the Al-Quds Brigades and various factions to push back against the enemy.
- The Al-Quds Brigades have also carried out multiple operations, launching rockets targeting Israeli colonies and military concentrations.
Although the Israeli enemy has mobilised five military divisions in an attempt to annihilate the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, launch a full-scale invasion, and seize full control of the territory, its military position remains weak. It is confronted by immense and heroic resilience from our fellow mujahidin in Gaza, despite their extremely limited material resources. To compensate for its military failures, the enemy has resorted to heinous crimes—genocide, severe starvation, the targeting of hospitals, attacks on displaced civilians, and so on.
The resilience demonstrated by our fellow mujahidin is truly extraordinary. As we have said, they stand firm against five military divisions operating with air, land, and sea firepower. As we have repeatedly emphasised, this reflects the success of a model that deserves the full support of the Ummah. Had it received adequate backing, the situation would have been entirely different.
The Americans take part in every Zionist Jewish crime. Despite providing the Israeli enemy with full support through an array of weapons—bombs, missiles, shells—and financial contributions channelled from Arab trillions, along with political, media, and all other forms of backing, they also actively engage in incitement. For example, there have been repeated calls from members of the US Congress over the years advocating for the total annihilation of the Palestinian people in Gaza using nuclear bombs! Such calls reflect an appalling level of hatred and criminal intent, coupled with an open pride in America’s past crimes—like those committed in Japan.
As for Lebanon, on the 25th of this month, the country observed Resistance and Liberation Day, a significant and historic milestone in the struggle against the Israeli enemy. On this occasion, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem (May Allah protect him), delivered an important speech, which will suffice in this context.
As for Syria, the Israeli enemy continues to carry out air strikes, such as those in Latakia and Suwayda. It persists in incursions, abductions, aerial bombardment, and even theft and plundering. This can serve as a lesson for everyone. In one instance, the Israeli enemy stole a herd of cattle while it was grazing in the Rasm Al-Za’roura area and took it into the occupied Golan. This vile enemy engages in every form of thuggery, theft, plundering, and aggression. No one is safe from it. Even if you were a Bedouin herder with sheep or cattle, this enemy would still pose a threat to both you and your livestock!
With regard to activities in support of the Palestinian people, demonstrations and public gatherings were held in six Arab and Islamic countries. Such demonstrations ought to be seen across the entire Arab and Islamic world. There were also demonstrations in nearly twenty countries beyond the Muslim world, driven by a sense of human conscience.
Regarding Yemeni support operations in the Battle of the Promised Conquest and Holy Jihad, Yemen—the land of faith and wisdom—carried out a number of military operations this week with fourteen hypersonic and ballistic missiles and drones reaching deep into occupied Palestine. The operations targeted Israeli enemy sites in Yafa, Haifa, Asqalan, and Umm Al-Rashrash.
The Red Sea remains closed to the Israeli enemy, with navigation fully prohibited for it. No ships linked to the Zionist entity are operating within the area of operations—the Red Sea, Bab Al-Mandab, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea.
Within this same context, I renew my appeal to Arab and Islamic regimes—specifically the five that engage in perilous economic cooperation with the Israeli enemy. A large share of ships that carry goods through the Mediterranean Sea to and from the Israeli entity is tied to these five Arab and Islamic regimes. This reality is truly unfortunate and deeply saddening. It constitutes a betrayal of the Ummah, a betrayal of Islam and Muslims, a contribution to the crimes of the Israeli enemy against the Palestinian people, and an effort to circumvent the measures our nation is taking in support of the Palestinian people.
Regarding yesterday’s Israeli assault on Sana’a Airport, this attack will not halt Yemen’s operations in support of the Palestinian people. The hardships of war in our country cannot force Yemen—neither its leadership nor its people—to abandon its sacred responsibilities. Any sacrifices we make for the sake of Allah (Glory be to Him) are a source of honour, and we follow a practical and jihad-based approach, striking the Israeli enemy and seeking to escalate our operations in support of the Palestinian people. By Allah’s permission, our operations in the next phase will be even more effective and impactful against the Israeli enemy. The President (May Allah protect him) visited the airport yesterday and reaffirmed Yemen’s declared strong positions, which receive both official and popular support.
When we consider the situation in other countries, like in Syria and elsewhere, airports, facilities, neighbourhoods, homes, and military camps are targeted and destroyed by Israeli air strikes—often without any practical response. Whatever may befall us while we maintain a practical position is an honour. We are neither tamed nor surrendering in the face of any assault by the enemy. By Allah’s grace, we hold an honourable position in confronting the enemy. Yemen’s position is both effective and influential. If it were otherwise, the Israeli enemy would have dismissed it while focusing solely on the Palestinian people. In fact, the Israeli enemy feels the weight and impact of our position—this is a great blessing!
Regarding the grassroots activities over the course of twenty months, our dear people have held 2,112,701 activities. These activities include demonstrations, marches, evening events, and a wide array of gatherings (gatherings held by tribes, students, women, and others), as well as mobilisation efforts involving training, military marches, displays, and manoeuvres. This remarkable figure shows how such events and activities enjoy great momentum. They have reached such a number that no other cause has seen whether in Yemen or beyond. It is a testament to the divine favour bestowed upon our people.
Last Friday alone, the number of marches and demonstrations across cities and rural areas reached 1,060— showing a remarkably wide public participation. This is indeed a favour from Allah.
The 22nd of this month (May) marked the anniversary of Yemeni unity (the Yemeni Unity Day); the President delivered a thorough address on this occasion.
Also among this week's activities was the conclusion of the summer courses, which are important and beneficial and play a crucial and visible role in building the rising generation of our dear people: the youth of the future. These courses enhance their cultural background, knowledge, character development, and spirit of jihad, so they have a profound impact. For this reason, they provoke tremendous unease and resentment among the enemies—which, of course, we find most pleasing.
Regarding the Yemeni position, with its comprehensive nature encompassing official, grassroots, and military efforts across various activities and fields and with its effectiveness, impact, strength, and growth—in fact, one of the clearest signs that prove this is the failure of American aggression in its second round of escalation in support of the Israeli enemy against our country. This represents a major success by the grace of Allah (Glory be to Him) and a great victory from Him for our dear people. This is an exceptionally significant development!
We have often affirmed that responding to Allah (Glory be to Him) and striving in His cause builds the Ummah into a free, strong, and mighty ummah that stands firm and resilient in the face of challenges and dangers. Responding to Allah gives life to the Ummah: {'O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life'}. Indeed, responding to Allah and striving in His cause gives you life, strength, honour, and dignity.
There is a broad consensus in the West that the American aggression has failed in its second wave of escalation against our country in support of Israel. This consensus is echoed by analysts, experts, think tanks, media outlets, and even by American officials and US Navy officers, among others.
For example, this week saw a significant statement from the US Vice President—a role that holds substantial weight in America. He commented on the failure of American aggression against our country, stating, 'The era of American dominance of sea, air, and space is over now.' As you can see, this is an important statement that proves the major victory of our nation in standing up to American aggression. He said, 'The era of American dominance of sea, air, and space is over now,' adding that the United States and its military must adapt. That is, they must accept this new reality—one in which their former control over the seas and skies is no longer assured. He also remarked, 'We went in with a clear diplomatic goal, not to enmesh our service members in a prolonged conflict.' This proves that the Americans now recognise that they cannot achieve a decisive victory but risks becoming mired in a prolonged conflict that drains their resources and exposes them to danger, shameful military setbacks, and failure. He also highlighted the need for American forces to learn to adjust to a world where cheap drones and readily available cruise missiles can cause extraordinary damage to American military assets and service members. This was the case with their aircraft carriers, which faced a mounting threat. The Americans have announced that the commander of the USS Truman will soon be replaced—a development that forms part of the broader pattern of failure following the carrier’s withdrawal.
In any case, the position of our dear people is one of jihad in the path of Allah, fulfilling this great and sacred obligation, which is considered an immense honour and a divine blessing: Allah says,{'This is the favour of Allah. He grants it to whoever He wills. And Allah is All-Bountiful, All-Knowing'}. It has to do with fulfilling a duty essential to one’s faith, and it is a great source of honour and a shield against the disgrace of standing by as the Zionist Jews wage war against this Ummah. They burn the Holy Quran, tear its pages, trample on them, insult the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&F), and utter obscenities at events targeting this Ummah in open defiance, and they threaten the Al-Aqsa Mosque, commit genocide against the Palestinian people—who are part of this Ummah—occupy Palestine, which belongs to the Islamic and Arab world, and pose a threat to the rest of the region, to all Muslims, and to all sacred sites! It is a disgrace and shame to meet all that with silence and indifference! It is utterly abhorrent. No human being with a shred of humanity, nor any believer with a particle of faith, could accept such a thing. Allah says, {'And to Allah belongs honour, and to His Messenger, and to the believers'}. The Messenger (PBUH&F) said, as the Ummah has narrated, 'The belief is that of the Yemenites, and sagacity is that of the Yemenites.' Thus, our dignity as a people engaged in jihad is part of our faith and one of its fruits.
Taking a stand against the Israeli enemy and in support of the Palestinian people means standing with the Quran, with the Prophet (PBUH&F), with Islam, with truth, with justice, with human values, and with noble ethics. It means standing against criminality, against savagery, against tyranny and oppression, against disbelief, against evil, and against the dark, tyrannical forces that act arrogantly in this world.
As for those who choose a different path—what exactly are they counting on?
Do they count on resolutions?! On this anniversary of Al-Quds, recall the numerous resolutions—those concerning East Al-Quds, for example. Have the Zionists ever honoured them? Have their backers complied? Not one resolution—be it from the UN Security Council or the General Assembly—has been implemented in favour of the Palestinians, not even to restore a fraction of their rightful claims.
Do they count on agreements?! What agreements have the enemies ever honoured? The Holy Quran describes them as a people of betrayal: {'You will always find deceit on their part'}; {'Why is it that every time they make a covenant, a group of them casts it aside?'}. Reality bears this out—they have never upheld any agreement. So what, exactly, do they count on?!
Do they count on initiatives?! Arabs speak of their peace initiative day and night, yet it holds no value or respect in the eyes of the Israelis.
The correct path with a clear future rooted in Allah’s true and certain promise is to engage in jihad. It is the path that responds to the call of Allah (Glory be to Him), fulfils our responsibilities, and builds the Ummah into a strong nation capable of confronting threats and challenges.
Participating in tomorrow’s million-strong demonstration, Allah willing, is an expression of loyalty and support for the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&F) and a stand in defence of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Islamic sanctities, as well as a gesture of solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people. For this reason, it carries tremendous importance. It is part of jihad in the cause of Allah and warrants broad mobilisation and a powerful turnout.
Therefore, O my dear people—O descendants of the Ansar, who stood with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&F) when all the Arab tribes deserted him; O descendants of the early conquerors who carried the banner of Islam in its earliest days; O loyal and noble ones!—I call upon you to join the million-strong demonstrations tomorrow, Allah willing, in the capital, Sana’a, (at Al-Sabeen Square), and across all governorates, districts, and public squares.
Do so in support of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&F) and in loyalty to him! Do so in support of the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Islamic sanctities and in solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people! Do so as an act of jihad in the cause of Allah and a means of seeking His pleasure!
Tomorrow is a day of mobilisation and loyalty. I hope, Allah willing, that the turnout will be vast, powerful, and grand, and that you will consider your participation an offering in the path of Allah, seeking His pleasure.
We ask Allah (Glory be to Him) to grant us success in seeking what pleases Him. O Allah! Have mercy on our virtuous martyrs, heal the wounded among us, set free our captives, and grant us victory. You are the Hearer of Prayer! We also ask Him to hasten relief and victory for the oppressed Palestinian people and their dear mujahidin. He is the Best Protector and the Best Helper!
Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.