Spokesperson al-Buhidi said the Houthis would cease operations in support of Gaza when the truce takes effect on Sunday.

Houthis support Gaza ceasefire agreement An agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas, with a spokesman for the Yemeni group saying they would halt military operations against Israel and commercial shipping in the Red Sea if a ceasefire comes into effect on Sunday.

“If Israel stops its aggression in Gaza, if the United States, Britain and Israel stop their aggression in Yemen, the Houthis will stop their actions, including attacks on naval and commercial ships,” Mohammad al-Buhati told Al Jazeera on Saturday.

The United Kingdom and the United States have carried out multiple strikes Strike targets in Yemen to deter the Houthis. washington also severe sanctions Iran-related organizations.

However, Israel continues to kill women and children (in Gaza), so the Houthis are forced to launch missile strikes, he said, apparently referring to one launched earlier on Saturday.

The Israeli military said it intercepted two missiles launched from Yemen toward Israel in the morning and afternoon. A military statement said one missile in the morning was aimed at central Israel, while a second missile was fired at the south of the country.

The Houthis also announced that they fired a missile into central Israel in the morning. They have repeatedly claimed that they would stop their attacks if Israel halted its military offensive in Gaza. Israel’s 15 months of non-stop bombing has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians and reduced Gaza to rubble.

Israel has bombed Houthi-controlled ports, including the port of Hodeidah and a power plant seen as a lifeline to the war-torn country.

Houthis attack in support of Palestinians

The group has rockets fired into israel Since October 2024, they have called it a show of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. Houthi rebels have also attacked naval and commercial ships with links to Israel and its allies through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade.

Israel has defended its devastating military offensive, saying it was aimed at defeating the Hamas armed group, which launched an attack inside Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,100 people. Palestinian militants also captured about 250 people.

But Israel has been accused by human rights groups of committing war crimes and waging a genocidal war against the Palestinians. The International Court of Justice said in February 2024 that Israel’s offensive “appeared” to amount to genocide. Israel denies the accusations.

Israel and Hamas Announce The ceasefire agreed on Wednesday will cease 15 months of war This has wreaked havoc on the Palestinian enclave, with nearly 90% of its 2.3 residents displaced, a significant number of whom are starving.

Brief ceasefire in November 2023 110 Israeli captives and approximately 240 Palestinian prisoners were released.

According to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, 33 Israeli prisoners will be released in exchange for nearly 1,900 Palestinian prisoners during the first phase of the ceasefire.

But since the agreement was announced, the Israeli military has stepped up its attacks on Gaza, killing at least 123 people. The Israeli army said it carried out raids on 50 “terror targets” across Gaza on Friday.

A spokesman for the Quds Force, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad armed group, said the group was making final arrangements for the release of the captives, but intensified Israeli bombing could kill them.