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The Huthi have entered the Iranian war by attacking Israel with missiles

Ballistic missiles have been launched into southern Palestine against Israel.

SANA'A (Yemen), 27/03/2026.- Houthi supporters shout slogans during a rally in solidarity with Iran in Sanaa, Yemen, 27 March 2026. Yemen's Houthi leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, said in a televised speech that his group would not hesitate to intervene militarily in support of Iran if developments required it. EFE/EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
Huthien demonstration for Iran. Photo: EFE

Yemen's Houthi rebels announced on Saturday their participation in the Iranian war with the first attack on Israel since the beginning of the conflict a month ago.

Yemeni forces, which are regular allies of Tehran, confirmed this morning what the Israeli Army had advanced this morning: the start of a military operation "in support of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the resistance fronts of Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine".

Thus, Yemeni forces have announced " the launchof ballistic missiles aimed at the military targets of the Israeli enemy in southern occupied Palestine ".


The Israeli Army has reported that at least one missile has been intercepted in the south of the country, and that the alarm in Beersheba was triggered by missiles intercepted in airspace.

The Houthi command Sana'a in the Yemeni capital and in vast areas of the country, and are of strategic importance in this conflict, with shells and drones capable of reaching southern Israel over theRed Sea  edo Saudi Arabia or Jordan.

The Yemeni rebels have had many confrontations with Israel. In the war in Gaza, the Houthi launched a double offensive campaign, first against Israel and then against the Red Sea navigation, as a gesture of solidarity with Palestine.

Between March and May 2025, the United States spent a month bombing Yemeni territory until, through Oman's mediation, a kind of ceasefire agreementwas signed .

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