Huthi in a sentence

An AFP correspondent in Huthi-controlled Sanaa said the incident took place inside a school where aid was being distributed.

Attempts to inspect the deteriorating ship have dragged on for years, with UN requests for access repeatedly declined by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels who control much of Yemen’s north including Hodeida port.

Saleh Al-Jamzi, whose son had languished in Huthi prisons for four years, told AFP: "Thank God we reached this moment.

Some media outlets attributed the cause of the stampede to gunfire shot into the air by armed members of the Huthi de facto authorities striking an electrical cable leading to an explosion.

A Huthi spokesman said the latest wave of air strikes “will not deter us”, while Tehran said the attacks contradicted “the repeated claims of Washington and London that they do not want the expansion of war and conflict in the region”.

Global container shipping company MSC confirmed Tuesday one of its vessels was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen, in an attack claimed by the country's Huthi rebels.

Huthi fighters brandish their weapons during a protest in the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, on Friday.

Huthi gunmen have launched scores of attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden targeting Israeli-linked vessels in response to Israel's war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.

Israel's military said it was attacking targets of Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen, including around Hodeida port, a key entry point for fuel and humanitarian aid to war-ravaged Yemen.

On Saturday the US and the UK struck dozens of targets in Yemen over Huthi attacks in the Red Sea, which the rebels say are in solidarity with Palestinians in war-battered Gaza.

On Wednesday, the United States re-designated the Huthis as a "terrorist" group and carried out strikes on 14 Huthi missiles.

The grouping also includes Hamas, Iraqi movements and Yemen’s Huthi rebels.

The Huthis Al-Masirah TV said the Israeli strikes killed six people, after earlier Huthi statements said two people died at the rebel-held capital's airport, and another at Ras Issa port.

The strike on a Huthi radar site comes a day after scores of attacks across the country heightened fears that Israel's war with Hamas could engulf the wider region.

The United States and Britain targeted nearly 30 sites in Yemen with more than 150 munitions last week, while US forces later attacked a Huthi radar site in what was described as "a follow-on action" to the previous strikes.

The US military said it carried out fresh strikes in Yemen on Tuesday after the country's Huthi rebels claimed another missile attack on a cargo ship in the Red Sea.

They will “diminish but not end the Huthi threat to shipping”, said Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Yemen's Huthi rebels promised a "huge" retaliation against Israel on Sunday following a deadly strike on the port of Hodeida, as violence sparked by the Gaza war gripped the region.

Both have mostly been liberated from Huthi control, but the Huthis retain certain pockets from which they occasionally attack the forces opposing them.

The majority of the population is located in the northern highlands under Huthi control, therefore the importance of access via Hodeida port cannot be over emphasised.