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Houthi Leader Threatens to Attack US, Israel Over Gaza Plan, Says Trump Should ‘Transfer’ Jews to America

Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi addresses followers via a TV link ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, March 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

The leader of the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen has threatened military action if the United States and Israel implement US President Donald Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza, arguing instead that Trump should move Jews to America and give them their own state.

“If the Americans and Israelis try to implement the [Trump] plan by force or agree with the Arab regimes to implement it, we will intervene even with military force,” Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said during a televised speech in Yemen on Thursday.

“We will intervene through missiles, drones, naval operations, and other means if the US and Israel implement the displacement plan by force,” he continued. “We will confront them with all means. We will never stand idly by in the face of a plan of attack against the Palestinians.”

Like many other Middle Eastern leaders, al-Houthi rejected Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza to rebuild the war-torn enclave while relocating its Palestinian residents elsewhere during reconstruction efforts.

During his speech, al-Houthi called Trump a “criminal,” saying his plan “denies rights and justice.”

“Trump’s plan to uproot the Palestinian people from their land and homeland is an expropriation of rights,” he said. “We are not surprised by the plan; there is no limit to the ambitions of the American president who believes in the unjust Zionist project [Israel].”

During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House last week, Trump called on Egypt, Jordan, and other Arab states to take in Palestinians from Gaza after nearly 16 months of war between Israel and Hamas.

Since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of and massacre across southern Israel, a bloody onslaught that launched the ongoing war in Gaza, Houthi terrorists in Yemen have routinely attacked Israel with missiles and attack drones.

In December, for example, a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed group struck a playground in Tel Aviv, injuring at least 16 people and causing damage to nearby homes after several interception attempts by Israel’s air defense systems failed.

The Houthis have been waging an insurgency in Yemen for two decades in a bid to overthrow the Yemeni government. They have controlled a significant portion of the country’s land in the north and along the Red Sea since 2014, when they captured it in the midst of a civil war.

The Yemeni terrorist group began disrupting global trade in a major way with their attacks on shipping in the busy Red Sea corridor after Hamas’s Oct. 7 atrocities, arguing their aggression was a show of support for Palestinians in Gaza.

The Houthi rebels — whose slogan is “death to America, death to Israel, curse the Jews, and victory to Islam” — said they would target all ships heading to Israeli ports, even if they did not pass through the Red Sea.

Beyond Israeli targets, the Houthis have threatened and, in some cases, actually attacked US and British ships, leading the two Western allies to launch retaliatory strikes multiple times against Houthi targets in Yemen.

With the Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas in place, however, there have been no further Houthi attacks against Israel. However, with talks underway to extend the ceasefire to a second phase, al-Houthi threatened that the strikes would resume if the Trump plan were implemented.

“I call on the armed forces to be prepared for military intervention if Trump carries out his threats,” he said. “We will be monitoring and coordinating with the fighters in Palestine and the resistance axis.”

Since October 2023, the Houthis — designated as a terrorist organization by several countries including the United States, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Israel — have launched over 200 missiles and 170 attack drones in repeated attacks against the Jewish state.

In his speech, al-Houthi also mockingly urged Trump to take Jews into the US as a critique of his plan to relocate Palestinians elsewhere during reconstruction efforts in Gaza.

“Trump, who in his first term brought the ‘deal of the century,’ has committed the ‘crime of the century’ in his current term,” the Houthi leader said.

“If Trump and the United States want to take care of the Jews, they should transfer them to the United States,” he continued. “They can transfer the Jews to America and give them one of the states; the United States has uninhabited areas.”

Earlier this week, al-Houthi also threatened Israel, saying the Yemeni terrorists would “launch attacks if Israel attacks again in Gaza and does not abide by the ceasefire agreement.”

“We will stand by the Lebanese people if the occupation decides to escalate,” he added, referring to last year’s ceasefire that stopped fighting between Israel and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. “We confirm the principle of supporting the Palestinian people militarily, politically, and with information.”

Last month, Israel and the terrorist group Hamas reached a ceasefire and hostage-release deal brokered by the US, Egypt, and Qatar.

Under phase one, Hamas agreed to release 33 Israeli hostages, eight of whom are deceased, in exchange for Israel freeing over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners, many of whom are serving life sentences for terrorism-related offenses.

So far, 16 of the 33 hostages have been released during the first phase, which is set to last six weeks.

“We are ready for military intervention in the event of Israeli escalation against Gaza,” al-Houthi said. “The Palestinian Authority is cooperating with the Israeli enemy, even these days, unfortunately.”

The Houthi leader also called for people to attend demonstrations throughout Yemen on Friday, to “send a warning message to the Israeli and American enemies against displacement or aggression.”

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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War

Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.

Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.

“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”

GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’

Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.

“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.

“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.

“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.

After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”

RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL

Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”

Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.

“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”

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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests

A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco

Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.

People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.

“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”

Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.

On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.

Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.

On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.

“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.

Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.

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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan

Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.

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