Mohammed Ahmed Miftah, the new head of Yemen’s Houthi (Ansarullah) government, pledged on Friday in a mass rally in Sana’a to continue military operations against Israel. Miftah was appointed following the death of his predecessor Ahmed Ghalib Al-Rahwi and nine ministers in an Israeli airstrike in late August.

Miftah said, “It is a great honor for us to be on this path, and for an entire government to be martyred on the way to Jerusalem, God willing.”

Thousands of supporters attended the rally, with a large banner displaying the photos of ministers and officials killed in the strike. Participants held posters of Houthi leader Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi and chanted anti-Israel and anti-US slogans.

He also expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza: “We are with you and will never leave you, no matter the sacrifices.”

The Houthis have continued missile and drone attacks on Israel and commercial ships off Yemen’s coast, while Israel has conducted airstrikes targeting Sana’a’s ports, power plants, and the international airport, resulting in dozens of casualties among civilians and Houthi officials