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Abdulmalik Slams ‘Criminal’ Houthis after Woman’s Murder

Armed Houthi fighters shout slogans during a demonstration in support of the militias in Sanaa March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Armed Houthi fighters shout slogans during a demonstration in support of the militias in Sanaa March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
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Abdulmalik Slams ‘Criminal’ Houthis after Woman’s Murder

Armed Houthi fighters shout slogans during a demonstration in support of the militias in Sanaa March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Armed Houthi fighters shout slogans during a demonstration in support of the militias in Sanaa March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik has condemned the killing of a woman in front of her two children by Houthi militants in Ibb province.

In a tweet, the PM described the murder as a “heinous crime” that clearly attests to the racism of Houthi militias that have killed innocent Yemenis and destroyed their homes and belongings.

Members of the Iran-backed militias raided the house of Ahlam al-Ashary late Thursday looking for her husband.

When they did not find him they kicked al-Ashary and beat her with sticks and the backs of their pistols until she died.

“We as Yemenis we cannot but to resist this criminal group and defeat it until we find peace and preserve our dignity,” said Abdulmalik.

Yemeni Information Minister Muammar al-Iryani has also slammed the attack as “an outrageous terror crime” that attests to “the barbarism of Houthi militias.”

Locals told Asharq Al-Awsat that a Houthi commander named Abu Bashar claimed to be looking for the 25-year-old woman's husband, who wasn't at home.

So he accused the woman of covering up for her husband and then assaulted her along with four other members of the group.

Her father rushed her to hospital but she passed away, the locals said.

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Israel Accuses Hezbollah of Violating Ceasefire Agreement

FILE - Municipality workers pass by debris of damaged buildings that were hit by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
FILE - Municipality workers pass by debris of damaged buildings that were hit by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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Israel Accuses Hezbollah of Violating Ceasefire Agreement

FILE - Municipality workers pass by debris of damaged buildings that were hit by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
FILE - Municipality workers pass by debris of damaged buildings that were hit by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah group of violating the terms of the ceasefire agreement reached between the two sides late in November, warning of the consequences.
Katz said if Hezbollah does not withdraw from southern Lebanon, there will be no agreement,” and Israel will be forced to act.
The Israeli minister emphasized that Hezbollah has not yet withdrawn “beyond the Litani River” in south Lebanon, believing this would reduce the threat by about 40 kilometers from its settlements.
He added, "If this condition is not fulfilled, there will be no agreement, and Israel will be forced to act alone to ensure the safe return of the residents of the north to their homes," according to AFP.

The deal struck on Nov. 27 to halt the Israeli-Hezbollah war required Hezbollah to immediately lay down its arms in southern Lebanon and gave Israel 60 days to withdraw its forces there and hand over control to the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers.

So far, Israel has withdrawn from just two of the dozens of towns it holds in southern Lebanon. And it has continued striking what it says are bases belonging to Hezbollah, which it accuses of attempting to launch rockets and move weapons before they can be confiscated and destroyed, The AP reported.

Hezbollah, which was severely diminished during nearly 14 months of war, has threatened to resume fighting if Israel does not fully withdraw its forces by the 60-day deadline.

Yet despite accusations from both sides about hundreds of ceasefire violations, the truce is likely to hold, analysts say. That is good news for thousands of Israeli and Lebanese families displaced by the war still waiting to return home.