(16 Jan 2025)
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Sanaa, Yemen – 16 January 2025
1. Wide of streets in the Yemeni capital
2. Mid of Abdul-Ilah Hajar, Advisor to the Houthi Supreme Political Council
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul-Ilah Hajar, Advisor to the Houthi Supreme Political Council:
"We have the right to be proud and honored by the Yemeni position supporting the Palestinian people, and as we promised and as Yahya Saree promised in all his statements, we support the Palestinian people until the war stops and the siege is lifted, and if that happens, then we will fulfil the same promises that we promised."
4. Various of streets
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibrahim Al-Qadimi, local resident:
"Our missile power, drones and naval power are what forced the Zionist enemy to stop its aggression, stop its arrogance and stop its aggressive crimes in Gaza and the entire region, God willing."
6. SOUNDBITE(Arabic) Sadiq Al-Jabri, local resident:
"I congratulate them on the ceasefire. They have been colonized for 60 years. The Israelis have exterminated them, killed them, and killed their women. It is a brutal, barbaric aggression, and Israel is a colonial state."
7. Wide of street
STORYLINE:
Yemen’s Houthi rebels welcomed news of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza even as a “last-minute crisis” with Hamas was reported to be holding up Israeli approval of the long-awaited ceasefire agreement.
"The announcement of the ceasefire was met with joy by the Yemeni people because of what it means in terms of alleviating the suffering of the Palestinian people," said Abdul-Ilah Hajar, Advisor to the Houthi Supreme Political Council.
"We consider the ceasefire agreement a victory," he added.
On the streets of the capital, many echoed this view.
"Our missile power, drones and naval power are what forced the Zionist enemy to stop its aggression, stop its arrogance and stop its aggressive crimes in Gaza and the entire region," said local resident Ibrahim Al-Qadimi.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Thursday his Cabinet won’t meet to approve the agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages until Hamas backs down, accusing the group of reneging on parts of the agreement in an attempt to gain further concessions.
Netanyahu said a “last-minute crisis” with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of the long-awaited ceasefire agreement.
His office did not elaborate.
Under the deal reached Wednesday, 33 hostages are set to be released over the next six weeks in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
The remainder, including male soldiers, are to be released in a second phase that will be negotiated during the first. Hamas has said it will not release the remaining captives without a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal.
Israel’s offensive has killed over 46,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Health Ministry. It does not say how many of the dead were militants. Israel says it has killed over 17,000 fighters, without providing evidence.
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