Yemen: From Support to Influence — Two Years of Revolutionary Action Forging a Deterrent Balance with the Zionist Enemy

Sana’a Turns the Sea into a Front to Aid Gaza

From the first moment of the Zionist genocide against Gaza, Yemen did not remain a bystander. It did not stop at denunciations and condemnations like others did; instead, it decided to test the sincerity of its slogans with deeds — translating its faith-based and nationalist stances into a real campaign of support that crossed borders and geography.
Two years in which Sana’a waged an open war against the U.S.–Zionist enemy in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, transforming from a support front into a strategic axis of influence that altered the balance of the war in Palestine and across the region.

From Words to Deeds: Yemen Writes a New Chapter of Victory

Few actors bridge the gap between rhetoric and action in an age of abandonment — but Yemen did. Since the launch of “Al-Aqsa Flood,” Yemenis declared their support not as emotion but as a religious duty and a sovereign decision. Support became an effective practice, expressed at sea and in the air across wide geography.
Yemen has proven practically that the struggle with the Zionist entity is not the Palestinians’ burden alone; it is an Arab and Muslim cause, and field mobilization is the real test of commitment to that cause.

The Red Sea Becomes a Yemeni Sovereign Front

Sana’a early on recognized that its strategic geography was not a liability but a weapon. From its position by Bab al-Mandeb and the Red Sea, Yemen asserted full control over shipping lanes, closing routes used by Israeli and Israeli-affiliated vessels and turning those waters into an active front by sovereign decision.
The port of Eilat ceased operations entirely, and global shipping routes shifted toward the Cape of Good Hope, raising costs and multiplying the enemy’s losses. The experience proved that Yemen’s solidarity is not verbal but enacted through decisions that change geography and the enemy’s economic equation.

The Yemeni Naval Blockade: An Economic Strike at the Heart of the Entity

More than 76 vessels have been directly targeted, including some 25 Israeli ships — most notably the “Galaxy Leader,” which Yemeni naval forces seized in November 2023 and took to the port of Hodeidah.
Passageways were closed, the port of Umm al-Rashrash was paralyzed, and the countdown began toward the collapse of the enemy’s commercial lifelines. Yemen’s support thus became a crippling economic blockade the enemy has failed to overcome.
The entire Western alliance rallied to protect Israeli shipping, but Yemen remained resolute: “Whoever conspires with the genocide in Gaza will not cross our seas in peace.”

Western Effort Fragmented, U.S. Coalition in Disarray

Faced with this strategic activity, the U.S. and Britain were forced to redeploy significant portions of their navies to the Red Sea to protect Israeli vessels instead of supporting the aggression on Gaza. This caused a clear dispersion of Western effort and disrupted U.S. command-and-control systems.
Despite hundreds of strikes and targeting attempts, the Anglo-American assaults failed to achieve their objectives, while Yemeni operations continued to escalate in scale and sophistication — to the point Washington pleaded with Sana’a to de-escalate in exchange for allowing only American ships to pass.

Yemen Crafts a Deterrent Miracle with Indigenous Capabilities

Over two years, Yemen presented a remarkable model of indigenous military development despite the blockade. Its operations revealed hypersonic and cruise missiles and long-range drones that reached deep into occupied Palestine — from Tel Aviv to Haifa, Be’er Sheva and Dimona — amid the catastrophic failure of U.S. and Israeli defense systems from Patriot to the Iron Dome.
The total number of support operations exceeded 1,835 — rocket, naval and air strikes — employing new systems such as the “Palestine-2” hypersonic and the “Jaffa” strike drone, heralding the emergence of a new deterrent balance in the region.

Military Shock and Domestic Turmoil inside the Enemy Entity

Air-raid sirens wailed in Tel Aviv, Jaffa and Eilat; the entity trembled before a new reality: a besieged people penetrating its defenses and striking its depth. The effect was not only material but psychological, political and economic — shattering the myth of “Israeli security,” creating mass panic, and eroding trust between society and its political-military leadership.
Yemeni strikes overturned deterrence equations and led Israeli analysts to concede that the era of unequivocal Israeli superiority has ended.

Popular Yemeni Backing: The Unbreakable Support

This support front would not have endured without the mass religious popular backing displayed in millions of weekly marches, renewing the pledge to Palestine and blessing Gaza’s steadfastness.
That popular moment