The Houthi spokesman threatened a response against Saudi Arabia following what he described as an airspace intrusion, according to a Houthi statement. The threat comes amid heightened tensions, following earlier Houthi threats and Saudi warnings earlier today.
The Houthi spokesman issued a new threat against Saudi Arabia on Friday evening, this time citing an alleged airspace intrusion as the trigger. The specific nature of the reported intrusion was not detailed in the statement. The threat, the third from the same spokesman in less than three hours, comes at 18:26 Jerusalem, according to the desk's clock.
Earlier in the escalation, at 15:04 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that the Houthi spokesman warned of an imminent strike on Saudi airports, accusing Saudi Arabia of 25 airspace violations that day. In that same thread, at 14:40 Jerusalem, Saudi Arabia threatened to intercept any Houthi leader attempting to leave Yemen to attend the funeral of Iran's late Supreme Leader. The Houthi claims — of air defenses firing at Saudi jets, of blocking an Iranian plane — remain unverified and sourced solely from the group's own statements, with no independent corroboration across the thread.
As The Zioneer reported on Friday at 14:40 Jerusalem, Saudi Arabia declared it would prevent any Houthi leader from traveling to the Khamenei funeral, and the Saudi Air Force has been conducting intensive patrols over Yemen since the morning. The Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) and the Saudi-backed legitimate government forces remain in a state of war since 2015.
It remains unclear whether the alleged airspace intrusion occurred, or whether the earlier reported 25 violations or the incident involving the Iranian plane took place. All Houthi claims in this thread are unverified and have been published with an explicit single-source caveat at each stage.
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