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Mahad Darar, Ph.D. Student of Political Science, Colorado State University

How Houthi attacks affect both the Israel-Hamas conflict and Yemen's own civil war – and could put pressure on US, Saudi Arabia

A poster of rebel leader Abdul-Malek al-Houthi is held aloft during anti-Israel protests in Yemen. Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images

Yemen’s Houthi movement launched missiles and drones at Israel on Oct. 31, 2023 – provoking fears of a dangerous escalation of the Middle East conflict.

With the militia – which controls part of the Arabian Peninsula state – vowing further attacks, Israel countered by sending missile boats to the Red Sea. They join U.S. warships already deployed in the area.

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