Hawzah News Agency, Nasruddin Amer, a senior member of Yemen's Ansarullah and chairman of the board of the Yemeni "Saba" news agency, stressed that the Saudi aggression deliberately targets the last remaining livelihood assets of Yemeni citizens — from homes and schools to poultry farms and small projects — and in doing so, precisely follows the Zionist model in Gaza.
Noting the presence of American and Zionist experts in command-and-control rooms, he described the aim of the aggression as breaking the will of the Yemeni people through hunger and suffering, and stressed that these crimes have not brought Yemenis to their knees but have instead increased their cohesion and resilience.
Deliberate Targeting of People's Livelihoods
Nasruddin Amer stressed that targeting homes, poultry farms and small projects constitutes deliberate aggression aimed at what remains of citizens' livelihood assets. Pointing to the similarity between Saudi behavior and Zionist actions in Palestine and Gaza, he spoke of the presence of American and Zionist experts in managing operations and command and control rooms, as well as media campaigns accompanying the airstrikes.
Speaking in an interview on Al-Masirah network, Amer explained that the Saudi aggressor targets citizens' homes, schools, poultry and livestock farms, and small projects on which families depend for their income — while a large part of the country's vital infrastructure has already been destroyed. He believes that resorting to targeting these facilities has exposed the nature of the aggressor's economic objectives and its deliberate intent to harm people's livelihoods and sources of sustenance.
Similarity to Zionist Behavior
He linked this behavior to what the Zionist occupiers have done and continue to do in the Palestinian territories, especially in Gaza, stressing that there is a similarity in the spirit, conduct, morals and behavior of the two sides. The advisers running the operations rooms of the aggression on Yemen belong to the American and Israeli sides and continue the war in the same manner employed in Palestine and Gaza.
Amer noted that this approach is not new but reproduces repeated scenes from past years of aggression, aimed at keeping the Yemeni people under the pressure of hunger and suffering instead of lifting the blockade that the United Nations has described as the cause of the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Targeting the Poor and Needy
Amer stressed that Saudi Arabia, instead of helping to end the blockade and reduce the suffering of Yemenis, has resorted to targeting civilians, the homes of the poor and needy, and what remains of their small projects, limited investments and livelihood resources. He stressed that targeting these objectives was not a mistake but a deliberate act.
He recalled that the aggression that began in 2015 opened its first attacks with a massacre in Bani Hawat and has since continued to commit massacres. He believes that targeting civilians has been a continuous approach aimed at tormenting Yemenis and forcing them into submission, but stressed that these crimes have neither defeated the Yemeni people nor will they force them to surrender.
Difference Between Yemeni Operations and the Saudi Aggressor
In contrast, Amer pointed to the difference in the nature of the targets struck by Yemeni armed forces, explaining that Yemeni operations are directed at economic and strategic facilities linked to the aggression and do not target citizens' homes, poultry farms or people's sources of livelihood in Saudi Arabia. He believes this difference reflects the difference in the nature of objectives and behavior, in contrast to what he described as Saudi behavior resembling Israeli actions.
Joint Operations Rooms
Regarding the similarities between the management of the Saudi aggression on Yemen and the Zionist aggression on Gaza, Amer explained that joint operations rooms are among the most prominent manifestations of this coordination. He referred to statements by American officials about dispatching American experts to manage the war on Yemen and spoke of the presence of American and Israeli experts in command-and-control rooms during the conflicts in Palestine and Yemen.
He added that this presence was not limited to airstrikes and military operations but extended to the media arena and various paths of the conflict. He stressed that these parties have employed the same methods to pressure nations and try to force them into submission through massacres and aggression, and believes that repeating the same tools and expecting different results is the height of folly, because targeting civilians has not only failed to bring the Yemeni people to surrender but has increased their cohesion and unity.
Greater Cohesion of the Yemeni People
He said the Yemeni people have become more united, resilient and aligned both domestically and abroad, including among Yemenis living overseas. The level of solidarity in confronting the Saudi aggression has never been witnessed in the country's history, even among parties that had counted on Saudi Arabia or maintained ties with it.
He noted that many who had expected good from Saudi Arabia have come to believe that the country is Yemen's main problem and primary enemy, and that continuing the confrontation is tied to achieving the Yemeni people's rights, ending the catastrophe brought about by the aggression, and halting Saudi hegemony — from which Yemenis have seen nothing but destruction.
Media War and Evasion of Responsibility
Regarding the targeting of civilian facilities and the accompanying media campaigns, Amer stressed that the Saudi aggressor, after the attacks, would launch disinformation campaigns to evade responsibility and shift it onto the national side. These campaigns were not separate from military operations but part of the management of the war. Through these campaigns, Saudi Arabia tried to conceal its long record of crimes and portray other parties as responsible for the aggression, but technical, factual and logical evidence exposed the truth of the targeting and those responsible for it.
He recalled examples of crimes from the years of aggression, including the "Al-Sala Al-Kubra" massacre and the targeting of "Dahyan" students, which Saudi Arabia initially denied responsibility for and later admitted had been a mistake. The same method has been repeated in attempts to evade responsibility for recent crimes.
Documentation and the Right of Response
Amer stressed that the collection of crime files and the pursuit of prosecutions will continue, but at the same time stressed that Yemenis will not relinquish their right to respond to aggression, citing the noble verse: "So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you."
He also referred to the participation of media networks and parties in disinformation campaigns, specifically naming Qatar and saying that this country has been involved through its media in the aggression on Yemen and that this position is no longer hidden. He described its role as part of an operations room run by American and Zionist parties.
Conclusion: Media War Is Part of the Aggression
In conclusion, Nasruddin Amer stressed that the media method accompanying the attacks follows a repeated pattern that begins with denial, followed by sophistry and attempts to accuse the victim — the same method he said Israeli occupiers employed in the war on Gaza. The media war, disinformation and covering up of crimes have been an inseparable part of the aggression on Yemen.
Yemen's Resilience Under Saudi Aggression
Amer's remarks come as Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen — launched in 2015 with Western backing — continues to inflict immense suffering on the civilian population, with the UN describing the situation as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Despite the devastating toll, Yemen's Ansarullah movement and the Yemeni armed forces have maintained their defense capabilities and continued to target strategic economic and military sites linked to the aggression, including in Saudi Arabia and the occupied territories. The senior official's remarks highlight the growing convergence between Saudi and Israeli tactics against civilian populations, and underscore the deep-rooted resilience of the Yemeni people in the face of a decade-long campaign of destruction.
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