SANAA (Dispatches) -- Leader of 
Yemen’s Ansarullah movement Abdulmalik al-Houthi said here Wednesday the Israeli regime’s continued attacks on the Arab country are a desperate attempt to restore its lost deterrence.
Al-Houthi made the comments after Israel struck Sana’a airport earlier, destroying the last commercial plane operating in the Yemeni capital.
“The Zionist regime is in a weak position and is trying to revive its deterrence through launching attacks on Yemen’s civilian infrastructure,” he said, according to Yemen’s Al Masirah news network.
Israel, he added, has been weakened after the United States halted its airstrikes on Yemen earlier this month following Washington’s failure to achieve its goals.  
Houthi said Israel’s continuous strikes on Yemen’s civilian areas are aimed at pressuring the nation to stop supporting Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza, but the Yemeni people will remain steadfast in their support for Palestine.  
Mahdi al-Mashat, president of the Supreme Political Council, reaffirmed that Yemen will not retreat from its firm decision to support Gaza until the aggression is halted and the siege lifted.
“The criminal aggression carried out by the enemy today at Sana’a Airport will not deter us. On the contrary, it will drive us to do more and go further,” he said during a visit to the airport following the Israeli airstrike.
“Our men will bring in aircraft, and the airport will return to operation, God willing,” he said.
“We tell the Zionist enemy—we will not back down, we will not surrender, and our resolve will not be broken. We stand by our decision to support our people in Gaza until the aggression ends and the blockade is lifted.”
Addressing Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mashat warned: “You will not be able to protect your herds of Zionists from our missiles.”
He also warned companies still flying into Ben Gurion Airport that they are at risk at any moment.
“The Zionist public must understand that Yemeni missiles can reach their targets, and the shelters will no longer be safe,” he said. “We call on all travelers around the world to avoid flights to Ben Gurion Airport, as they are neither safe nor immune from our strikes.”
Mashat vowed that Israeli shelters will no longer offer protection from Yemeni missiles. 
“The regime of the vile Netanyahu is incapable of protecting you. Painful surprises are coming, and our missiles will be determined to hit their targets—or a range of random targets.”
Mashat said the Israeli strike on Sanaa Airport is evidence of the enemy’s pain caused by Yemeni Armed Forces’ retaliatory strikes.
He said, “Our air defenses are capable of handling F-35 jets, God willing. What previously prevented us was their proximity to civilian aircraft. We may have to shut down parts of our airspace to allow our defenses to operate freely.”
“Let the Zionists prepare for a scorching summer,” Mashat warned. 
Ansarullah announced on Tuesday that it has carried out 22 military operations against Israel since the beginning of May, describing it as the “most painful” month for Tel Aviv.
A video graphic aired by Al-Masirah described May as “the hottest, most severe, and most painful month for the Israeli enemy”.
It said that “since the start of May, the Yemeni Armed Forces have carried out attacks that differed in type, method, and overall impact.”
The report added that the 22 operations in May targeted both vital and military sites within the occupied territories, including Ben Gurion Airport near Lod, and areas in occupied Jaffa and Haifa.
On May 4, Ansarullah announced it had “imposed an aerial blockade on Zionist
navigation” in response to “escalating genocide crimes in Gaza.”
On that same day, a ballistic missile launched from Yemen landed in Ben Gurion Airport close to Tel Aviv, prompting several international airlines to suspend flights to and from the Israeli occupied territories.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a campaign in Gaza described by many as a genocidal war, involving widespread killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement. These actions have continued despite international appeals and binding orders from the International Court of Justice to stop the offensive.