A military representative of Yemen’s Houthi rebels warned today all shipping companies not to cooperate with Israel, threatening that the Yemeni organization would otherwise target their ships sailing in the Red Sea.

“If Gaza does not receive the food and medicine it needs, all ships in the Red Sea bound for Israeli ports, regardless of their nationality, will be targeted by our armed forces,” Yahya Shari said, announcing a ban on passage to all ships bound for the Israel.

The Houthis, who control much of Yemen and are backed by Iran, have targeted ships bound for Israel and fired missiles into Israeli territory in retaliation for the Israeli military’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. after her bloody attack Palestinian organization on October 7.