The chief negotiator for Yemen’s Houthis said the group’s stance has not changed since the US-led air strikes on its positions, and warned that attacks on ships headed to Israel will continue. US and British warplanes, ships and submarines last week launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen in retaliation for Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, which the Iran-backed Houthi rebels cast as a response to Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

 

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