Houthis warn “Israel” they will resume attacks

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis will resume attacks on “Israeli” shipping if aid supplies to Gaza do not resume in four days, the group’s leader said on Friday.

"If the Israeli enemy continues after the first four days to prevent the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip... then we will resume our naval operations against the Israeli enemy," Abdulmalik al-Houthi said in a televised address.

The Houthis, who control much of the Arabian Peninsula's Yemen, fired scores of drones and missiles at “Israeli”-linked in the Red Sea during the Gaza war, until calling a halt when a ceasefire started in January.

On Sunday, “Israel” announced it was blocking deliveries to Gaza until Hamas accepted its terms for an extension of the ceasefire.

The Houthi threat comes days after the United States re-designated the Yemeni group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and sanctioned seven of its senior figures.