Houthi Rebels Have Captured at Least Eleven United Nations Employees After Their Raid on Un Offenses in Yemen On Sunday. The Un Envoy to Yemen Condemns The Actions of the Houthi Rebels.
Early on Sunday Afternoon, the first reports about the raid circulated, but it was still uncle how many un employees had been arrested by the houthis. It turns out to be least eleven, accordance to a response from Hans Grundberg, The un Envoy to Yemen. Grundberg Calls on the Houthi Rebels to Release the Employees.
The Attacked Offices are Those of the Un World Food Program (WFP) and Unicef, The Un Organization for the Well-Being of Children. Spokespersons for Both Organizations Confirm this to CNN and News Agency AP .
The Offices are locationed in Sanaa, The Capital of Yemen. The Houthi Rebels Control Large Areas of Yemen After Their Uprising That Began in 2004 and Resulted in a civil war.
The Number of Arrested Un Employees May Be Even Higher. The Spokespersons for the wfp and unicef say that they do not yet have a complete picture of what has happened. Both Organizations Are Now Inventorying Where Their Employees Are And How They Are Doing.
Raid is Shortly After Israeli Attack on Houthis
It is not Yet Known Why the Houthi Rebels Raided the Un Offenses. But the timing is striking. The Raid Follows Shortly After The Death of Houthi Prime Minister Ahmad al-Rahawi and Several Other Ministers Duration An Israeli Air Strike on Government Buildings in The Yemeni Capital.
The Houthi Rebels and Israel Regularly Fire Rockets at Each Other’s Targets because of the war between Israel and Hamas. The Houthi Rebels because to support Hamas in Their War with the Rocket Attacks on Israel. The Houthi Rebels Are An Ally of Iran, As is Hamas. In Response, Israel also Regularly Carries Out Air Strikes on the Houthi Rebels.
It is not the first time that the houthis have picked up un employee. In March, the un reported that 23 employees were detained in yemen at that time. The Houthis Accused Some of Spying on Behalf of the United States.