(24 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sanaa, Yemen – 24 May 2024
1. Wide of Yemeni protesters chanting (Arabic) "God is great, death to America, death to Israel, curse on Jews, victory to Islam."
2. Protestors holding placards of the Houthis official slogan, Yemeni and Palestinians flags
3. Various of protesters raising pictures of Houthis Leader Abdul-Malek Badr Eldeen al-Houthi and late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi,
4. Mid of protesters holding banner reading (English) "The people united will never be defeated "
5. Protesters raising Palestinians flags
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed Saad, protester:
"We come out today in support of Gaza and in support of our mujahideen brothers in Gaza, and we say to them: ‘you are not alone, and we are with you’. The Yemeni people are by your side as a shield and support for you with blood, spirit and weapons."
7. Various of protest
STORYLINE:
Tens of thousands of Yemenis joined a recurring Friday demonstration in Sanaa in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Demonstrators were seen chanting slogans while holding Palestinian and Yemeni flags, machine guns and placards.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have organised protests nearly every Friday since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted on October 7.
The Houthis have attacked ships in the Red Sea since November, saying they want to force Israel to end its offensive in the Gaza Strip.
The ships targeted by the Houthis, however, largely have had little or no connection to Israel, the U.S. or other nations involved in the war.
The rebels have also fired missiles toward Israel, though they have largely fallen short or been intercepted.
Israel’s ongoing air, sea and ground offensive in Gaza has killed more than 35,000 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and levelled large parts of the enclave.
It was launched in response to Hamas’ October 7 attack into Israel, in which militants killed around 1,200 people and abducted around 250 others.
AP video by: Maad AL-Zekri
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