Stéphane Dujarric additionally mentioned Houthi safety forces had left the compound after the most recent of such raids on worldwide organisations.
The Houthis have a long-running crackdown towards the UN and others working in Yemen’s rebel-held areas together with Sanaa, the coastal metropolis of Hodeida and the stronghold in Sadaa province within the north.
The rebels have repeatedly claimed, with out proof, that the detained UN employees and workers of different organisations and embassies have been spies, allegations the UN has denied.
Dozens of individuals have been detained. A World Food Program employee died in detention earlier this yr in Sadaa.
Funeral for navy chief Earlier Monday, the Iran-backed rebels held a funeral for his or her navy chief of employees who was killed in a current Israeli strike, with greater than 1,000 individuals gathered in Sanaa.
The Houthis acknowledged final week that Maj. Gen. Muhammad Abdul Karim al-Ghamari was killed in an Israeli airstrike together with different insurgent leaders. The Houthis didn’t say when the strike befell. The demise additional escalated tensions between the rebels and Israel.
Nearly two months in the past, Israeli airstrikes killed senior Houthi authorities officers in Sanaa, together with their prime minister, Ahmed al-Rahawi.
The Houthis mentioned al-Ghamari was killed alongside along with his 13-year-old son, Hussain, and “a number of of his companions,” based on the rebel-controlled SABA information company, which did not present additional particulars.
Many within the funeral crowd on Monday vented their anger at Israel.
One mourner, Ayham Hassan, mentioned “Israel is the most important enemy for Arabs and Muslims.” He spoke to The Associated Press by cellphone from Sanaa.
The UN sanctioned al-Ghamari for his “main function in orchestrating the Houthis’ navy efforts which might be instantly threatening the peace, safety and stability of Yemen, in addition to cross-border assaults towards Saudi Arabia.” The US Treasury sanctioned him in 2021 for his accountability in “orchestrating assaults by Houthi forces impacting Yemeni civilians” and mentioned he had been educated by Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
The US and Israel had launched an air and naval marketing campaign towards the Houthis in response to the rebels’ missile and drone assaults on Israel and on ships within the Red Sea. The Houthis have mentioned they’re performing in solidarity with the Palestinians over the struggle in Gaza.
Their assaults over the previous two years have upended delivery within the Red Sea, by means of which about USD 1 trillion of products move every year. (AP) GSP
Published – October 21, 2025 02:07 am IST
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