Yemen’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Jamal Amer, on Tuesday issued a stark warning against dragging the region into a “comprehensive escalation,” affirming that all Yemeni response options remain legitimate and on the table.
The warning came in an official letter addressed to UN General Assembly President Philomon Yang, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the President of the UN Security Council for August 2025, Eloy Alfaro de Alba, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, and President of the UN Human Rights Council Jörg Lauber.
In his letter, Minister Amer accused the Israeli occupying entity of committing full-fledged war crimes through its terrorist aggression on the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, and held the United Nations directly responsible for its continued silence, which he described as a “green light” enabling further Israeli attacks.
The letter detailed that Israeli warplanes launched more than forty high-explosive missiles on Monday afternoon, describing the assault as a brutal demonstration of force and a clear act of organized state terrorism.
It underscored that the strikes deliberately targeted purely civilian infrastructure, including the Presidential Palace, a critical fuel station, and again struck the Hezyaz power station—an act the ministry labeled a declaration of war against civilian life.
Minister Amer emphasized that the Zionist escalation comes in retaliation for Yemen’s principled and unwavering stance in support of the Palestinian cause.
He reiterated that the ongoing Yemeni military operations in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea are part of a declared strategic equation set forth by the Leader of the Revolution, Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi: a complete halt to aggression and total lifting of the blockade on Gaza in exchange for a cessation of Yemeni military actions.
Amer urged the United Nations to take immediate and decisive measures, including an explicit international condemnation of the aggression as a war crime, activation of UN Security Council powers under Chapter VII, and the establishment of an independent and impartial international investigation committee.
The letter denounced the Israeli attacks as a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and a blatant breach of international humanitarian law, particularly its core principles requiring the distinction between civilian and military targets, and its prohibition of the starvation of civilians.
It also sharply criticized the deafening silence and blatant double standards of various UN bodies, warning that such inaction undermines the international system itself and emboldens the logic of force over the rule of law.
The Foreign Minister concluded with a direct warning: any legitimate Yemeni response will not be confined to the Israeli entity alone, but will also extend to impact the interests of all parties offering political cover or material support for what he described as Zionist aggression.
