Funeral prayers were held for the bodies of the dead at Al-Saleh Mosque, which the group calls the People's Mosque. The bodies were then transported to the nearby "Martyr Saleh Al-Samad Cemetery" for burial.
In a speech during the funeral, Houthi acting Prime Minister Mohammed Miftah said, "The assassination of Al-Rahwi and a number of ministers will not succeed in shaking the foundations of the Yemeni state." He continued, "Instead, the blood of the martyrs will be fuel for further determination and action in confronting the failed aggression plot."
Names of the dead
In a related development, the group published the names of the dead who were buried: the Prime Minister, Minister of Information Hashem Sharaf al-Din, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gamal Amer, and Minister of Justice and Human Rights Mujahid Ahmed Abdullah Ali.
The list of those killed also included Moeen Hashim Ahmed Al-Mahaqri, Minister of Economy, Industry and Investment; Radwan Ali Ali Al-Rubai, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources; Ali Saif Mohammed Hassan, Minister of Electricity, Energy and Water; and Ali Qasim Hussein Al-Yafei, Minister of Culture and Tourism.
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Among the dead were Samir Mohammed Ahmed Bajaala, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Ali Ahmed Al-Mawlid, Minister of Youth and Sports, Mohammed Qasim Al-Kabsi, Director of the Prime Minister's Office, and Zahid Mohammed Al-Amdi, Secretary of the Council of Ministers.
On Saturday, the Houthis announced the deaths of their prime minister and other ministers in an Israeli airstrike that targeted Sanaa on Thursday. The leader of the Yemeni group, Abdulmalik al-Houthi, announced on Sunday that his forces were moving toward an "escalating military course" to target Israel with missiles, drones, or a naval blockade.
In contrast, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said that Tel Aviv has placed Yemen within its "targeting range" and is pursuing a "systematic policy" of assassinating Houthi leaders.
The Houthis are launching missile and drone attacks on Israel, targeting ships belonging to or linked to Israel, in response to the genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation army, with US support, in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
This genocide left 63,459 Palestinians martyred, 160,256 injured, most of them children and women, more than 9,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that claimed the lives of 339 Palestinians, including 124 children.
