Iran International:

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement said they would pause their attacks against Israel and maritime shipping in the Red Sea but warned they will resume combat if the fragile Gaza ceasefire collapses.

After punishing Israeli blows to Iran and its armed affiliates in the region, the Houthis stood out as the most resilient ally of Tehran even as its attacks on Israel and maritime commerce caused relatively little damage.

The message came in a letter from the Houthis’ new military chief, Major General Yusuf Hassan al-Madani, to Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades.

Al-Madani, who replaced Major General Mohammed Abdul Karim al-Ghamari after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, used the letter to signal that the group has lifted its naval blockade on Israel.

The Israeli military accused al-Ghamari of having close ties to the Islamic Republic, saying in a statement at the time of his death in August, that he was "trained by Hezbollah and IRGC," referencing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp.

“Your words of loyalty and sincerity are a great source of pride for us… Our unity in confronting the Zionist-American enemy and its criminal projects is rooted in faith and in our shared stance against tyranny and aggression,” wrote al-Madani.

While much of the message focused on shared ideology, its closing section delivered a clear policy signal.

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