The Minister of Defense and Military Production, Major General Mohammed Nasser Al-Atifi, stressed that the armed forces, its missile force, drones and naval force are at the highest levels of readiness and military readiness to launch sovereign, national, Arab and Islamic missions.
In a statement , Major General Atifi explained that the readiness and readiness of the Yemeni Armed Forces comes in support of the brothers in Gaza and the implementation of the naval blockade on the ships of the temporary entity in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea and the integrated, continuous and strong implementation of the directives of the Revolution Leader Sayyid Abdul Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi to discipline the Zionists who continue to insist on blockading Gaza and starving its children, women and elders.
“The armed forces at all command, combat and armament levels have taken all appropriate military measures and measures to accomplish this fateful mission after the expiration of the deadline granted by the Revolution Leader to the Zionist entity to lift its siege on Gaza and allow humanitarian aid to reach those in need,” he said.
He added, “Yemen has already issued public warnings that it will not be forced to remain silent about the Zionist aggression in its brutality, starvation and unjust siege of the Palestinians in Gaza, and that it will meet the siege with a siege and escalation with escalation.
The Defense Minister warned anyone who supports the Zionist entity or who takes the initiative to provide naval protection for Zionist navigation. “The combat will in the Yemeni Armed Forces is at its highest level, and the military and tactical logistical capabilities available are sufficient to manage long-term naval battles with new methods that will stun the enemies.”
Minister Atifi explained that Yemen’s decision was specific to prevent Zionist ships passing through the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. He pointed out that Yemen’s explicit decision did not threaten international maritime navigation in the area of operations.
He said that the US aggression forces launched their aggression and blind raids on Yemen, targeting residential neighborhoods and civilian objects, to confirm to the whole world the extent of their support,bias and support for the Zionist entity, which practices a policy of starvation against unarmed civilians in Gaza, using the blockade as a weapon to continue its genocidal crimes for 15 months with US participation and comprehensive political and military support from Washington.
He continued, “Yemen will not tire of supporting Gaza and the blockade of the ships of the Zionist entity, and that there is no escape within the scope of the declared operations with the enemies of the nation, Islamescape from confron , humanity, and there is no retreat from the principled , firm positions, Yemen, with its wise leadership and firm will, will remain a strong and impregnable Yemeni dam until the Palestinians receive justice and end their suffering, which has worsened due to its brutal blockade , the shameful Arab and international silence.”
“The naval battle today by targeting the Zionist shipping traffic after its intransigence and violation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and its insistence on besieging the people of Gaza and the expiration of the deadline granted by the leader and the announcement of the Yemeni Armed Forces to start the naval blockade of the ships of the ephemeral entity, is not like before it, whether in terms of the strength, accuracy and wider destructive capacity of missiles , drones with long range , flying for long hours or through drone boats , submarines with high technological development , other unpleasant surprises for the enemies and days between us,” Major General Atifi stressed.
He reiterated that if the Zionist enemy does not acquiesce and lift its siege on Gaza people, the armed forces are ready to develop the confrontation in proportion to the size of the challenge and any emergency situation.
The Minister of Defense concluded his statement by saying, “We promise them a sincere promise that every sensitive area, every strategic facility and every qualitative target will not be far from our hands and eyes, as we have prepared for each target and prepared the required capabilities to do what we planned and intend to implement if the aggression continues and the siege continues.”
