“If it gets in the way of our action, it leaves us no choice.” Give it to him Houthis new ones arrive threats to italy after the operation carried out in recent days by the destroyer Caio Duilio that has ashot down a drone launched by the Yemeni guerrilla against merchant ships transiting through the Red Sea.
The Houthi threat to Italy
“It’s a shame that Italy shot down one of our drones. We will behave accordingly.” These are the words thrown atDrive of Zayd al-Gharsidirector of the media department of the presidency of the Republic of Yemen, under Houthi control.
The exponent of the pro-Iranian Shiite group remembers the episode of downed drone on March 2 in the Gulf of Aden from the ship Caio Duilio of the Italian Navy and promises retaliation: “We are not attacking Italy as such, but If it gets in the way of our action, they leave us no choice.“.
“We did not wage war on Italy or other European countries. Our fight – affirms al-Gharsi – is for the defense of the Palestinians against Zionist aggression” in Gaza. “Our drones and our The weapons are aimed at Israel. and on those who defend Israel off our coasts.”
The European mission in the Red Sea
“L’Italy is for us a friendly countrywith a great maritime tradition and culture of the sea,” underlines al-Gharsi. “We wonder – he adds – why he decided to participate in the coalition of Americans and English.”
However, this is not true: Italy is not part of the Prosperity Guardian operation launched by the USAinstead he participates in the European mission aspidesintended to protect commercial maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
The shooting down of the drone was “unacceptable.”
Shortly before in an interview withAdnkronos one of the main media faces of the Houthis, Nasr al-Din Amerdeputy director of Ansar Allah Media Authority and chairman of the news agency’s board of directors Sabadefined “unacceptable” the downing of the Yemeni drone by the destroyer Caio Duilio.
“It shouldn’t have happened. Protecting Israeli and American ships exposes Italy to risks and threatens the safety of your ships in the future“, he said.
“We did not decide to attack the Italian ships, but the fact that they stopped our operation is unacceptable,” Amer explained.
“We do not want to target Italy or other countries. Our target – he added – are the American, British and Israeli ships and those heading towards the Zionist entity.”