Yemen declares war.

The Yemeni military released an official statement on account X: "Yemen will officially join the war. Please keep your ships away from our territorial waters."

This information is accompanied by cartoons of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and U.S. President Trump.

This is the first public signal that the Houthi armed group in Yemen may directly intervene in the conflict following the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. The situation in the Middle East is escalating day by day.

The declaration of war by the Yemeni Houthi armed group is actually a key move in the counterattack of the "resistance axis" in the Middle East after the U.S. attacked Iran's nuclear facilities. When the U.S. GBU-57 bunker-buster penetrated the concrete shell of the Fordo nuclear facility, the statement and cartoon released by the Yemeni military on account X had already upgraded the logic of the conflict from "Iran-Israel confrontation" to collective action under the "anti-American united front."

From the statement released on its X account, the warning "keep your ships away from our territorial waters" is not an empty threat — as early as May, this organization had already imposed a "maritime blockade" on the Haifa port in Israel and used the "Palestine"-2 hypersonic missile to attack Ben Gurion Airport. This "Red Sea breakout" strategy is highly targeted: as the only route for 12% of global crude oil transportation, if the Houthi armed forces block the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, it will directly cut off Israel's energy supply line.

Militarily speaking, the involvement of the Houthi armed forces will put Israel in a "two-front war" dilemma. Although the "Mudstone" missiles launched from northern Yemen have limited range, combined with Red Sea drone swarm tactics, they are sufficient to pose a threat to southern Israeli cities and shipping. More importantly, the cooperation in weapons technology between this organization and Iran has shown results — in late 2024, they used the "Zufar" missile to attack a U.S. aircraft carrier, and this time, if they obtain Iran's "Fatah-1" hypersonic weapon, it may break through the last line of defense of Israel's "Iron Dome" air defense system.

Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1835614261846087/

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