The big step of the Yemeni army in the naval siege of the Zionist regime

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Seyyed Abdul Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, last Friday In his speech, he announced the implementation of the fourth phase of the Yemeni army’s support measures for Palestine and the Gaza Strip. In these words, he announced that the Yemeni army has targeted two ships in the Mediterranean Sea that were planning to go to the ports of occupied Palestine. According to the announcement of the leader of Ansarullah, the fourth stage of the support measures of the Yemeni army will include all regional waters and will not allow any ship to move towards the occupied Palestinian ports.

The first stage, banning the movement of ships owned by the Zionists

A little less than a month and a half into the war in The Gaza Strip was in the past when on November 19, 2023, the Yemeni army, in support of the people of Gaza, targeted the ships of the Zionist regime in the Red Sea, the Strait of Bab al-Mandab, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. These attacks included all ships of the Zionist regime. These ships were mainly owned or leased by the Zionist regime or Zionist merchants. The most famous action of this phase was the seizure of the “Galaxy Rider” ship, the first seized ship, and the video of the Yemeni army’s control over it reached the highest number of views in cyberspace. The Yemeni army announced that it will continue these attacks until the war in the Gaza Strip does not stop. That is, the goal of this stage was the end of the war in Gaza.

The second stage, stopping the movement of the Zionist regime’s shipping in the Red Sea

The second phase of Ansarullah’s actions began 20 days later and the Yemeni army announced that in this phase, by expanding its attacks, all ships who have moved from occupied Palestine or are moving towards the ports of occupied Palestine, have defined their goals in the circle. At this stage, ships that were not owned or leased by the Zionists, but whose destination was one of the ports of occupied Palestine and their cargo was for the Zionists, were targeted.

The third step; Adding America and England to the target bank of attacks and expansion up to the Indian Ocean It was in the past in support of the Gaza Strip that with the start of American military actions in the Red Sea against Yemen, the Yemeni army began the third phase of its operations against American and British ships. This stage started on January 12, 2024 with the US attack on Yemen. The US had announced that it had launched these attacks in order to destroy the military capabilities of the Yemeni army. Since then, the Yemeni army has defined American and British ships as part of its targets, targeting them with missiles and drones.

Before the start of the fourth phase, the Yemeni army announced in the middle of March 2024 (late March 1402) the expansion of the attacks of the Yemeni army to the Indian Ocean, with the same definitions as before. Since then, the Yemeni army, using missiles and drones, has targeted all the targets it announced in the first 3 stages in the Indian Ocean.

Fourth step; The naval blockade of the Zionist regime

The fourth stage of the actions of the Yemeni army – which was announced 2 weeks ago by the army spokesman and was implemented this week – includes The Mediterranean Sea, according to the announcement of the leader of the Ansarullah movement, will include all regional waters. This means that Ansarullah will no longer allow any ship related to the Zionist regime to move in the regional waters. Whether this ship has departed from occupied Palestinian ports or is moving towards them. Whether this ship belongs to the Zionists or is owned and leased by another country, it will transport goods to the ports of occupied Palestine.

Notable point At this stage, it is the goals that Ansarullah has defined for it. According to Abdul Malik Badr al-Din, the leader of Ansarullah, this phase will continue until the attacks against the Gaza Strip are completely stopped and the blockade of this area ends. In other words, Ansarullah has gone one step ahead of the Palestinian resistance in determining the goals, and has announced the end of the siege as a condition for stopping its attacks. The Yemeni army means a complete sea blockade of the Zionist regime. During the first 3 stages of the attacks of the Yemeni army, the sea exchanges of the Zionist regime from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Strait of Bab al-Mandab, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean – which were mainly carried out through the Palestinian port of “Umm al-Rash” (Eilat) in the Gulf of Aqaba – were stopped. became. The statistics of the economic institutions of the Zionist regime show that currently nearly 30% of the maritime economy of the Zionist regime, which was carried out through this region, has stopped. This means that the Zionist regime has lost 30% of its maritime economy, which, according to some economic sources, has caused a total of 5% damage to the Zionist economy.

Now, with the expansion of the Yemeni army’s attacks on the entire waters of the region, which includes the Mediterranean, the Zionist regime will be under a complete sea blockade, and the remaining 70% of the sea trade of this regime will also suffer losses. It seems that if this phase of the Yemeni army’s attacks is carried out, like the previous phases, we should expect 15-20% damage to the Zionist economy.

The damage of the West and the United States  

At the same time, Western countries and the United States have also suffered serious damages in exchange for the actions of the Yemeni army. For example, the US Navy has announced that since the beginning of its operation in the Red Sea, it has spent more than 1 billion dollars, and the continuation of this path requires more than this amount of funds. On the other hand, European countries have been forced to bypass the African continent due to the restrictions imposed by the Yemeni army to send goods to occupied Palestine, which has multiplied the cost of transportation and marine insurance, and the time it takes for goods to reach their destination. has increased that this issue itself has caused the price of goods and services to increase. He said that not only the Zionist regime, but also the West will face a serious economic crisis. Besides, the Westerners know very well that in addition to all these consequences, they must also compensate the losses of the Zionist regime, and this issue will multiply the losses of the Western countries, especially the United States.

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