The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement says more than 100,000 children in the Gaza Strip are at risk of imminent death amid a months-long total Israeli blockade.

Delivering a televised speech broadcast from the Yemeni capital Sana’a on Thursday afternoon, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi shed light on the oppression and suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza, especially children, describing it as a disgrace to the international community and the Muslim world.

“One hundred thousand children in Gaza face the risk of starvation, among them 40,000 infants who suffer from the complete lack of baby formula. The Israeli enemy targets infants, and this is part of its genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza,” he said.

The Ansarullah leader further noted that a large number of Gazans die of hunger every day, and the reality is beyond statistics.

“The criminal Zionist brutality has reached the point of targeting women during childbirth. The oppression of Palestinian people includes starvation, targeted killings, forced displacement, and confining them to restricted and densely populated areas.

"The Israeli enemy has confined hundreds of thousands of people to 12 percent of Gaza. The Zionist entity targets the so-called safe areas by means of starvation and attacks,” Houthi said.

He pointed to the suffering of Gaza women, saying Zionism is the invention of barbarity, aggression, and very horrific crimes.

The Ansarullah chief stated that the Israeli military had targeted thousands of Palestinians, mostly women and children this week despite declared humanitarian pauses.

“Many of those who were targeted were looking for food to relieve their hunger, and that of their wives and children. The Israeli enemy is massacring Palestinians on a daily basis through engineered death traps and brutal methods.”

Houthi stated that Israel is deceiving the international public opinion following a global outcry against hunger and horrific oppression in Gaza.

“The scenes of emaciated children are very dreadful, and constitute a disgrace to the humankind. These scenes mark a shame for Western societies, which boast about humanity, civilization, and liberal values,” he said.

The Ansarullah leader described Israeli aid airdrops as a new trick, stating that most of the pallets fall in no-go zones, where Palestinians will get killed once they reach them.

“The aid airdrop has no justification. It is meant to deceive public opinion on one hand, and to destroy the dignity of the people of Gaza on the other. Aid must be distributed by land and through UN staff. The sole obstacle to the entry of land aid to the residents of Gaza is the Israeli enemy.

“Israel is preventing the distribution of aid within Gaza. The enemy seeks chaos in Gaza. No one should be deceived by Israel's announcement of humanitarian pauses and aid airdrops. The airdrop is nothing more than a trick and is futile. It does not relieve the pain and suffering of the Palestinian people,” Houthi said.

The Ansarullah leader stated that the Israeli enemy has destroyed all infrastructure in Gaza. “Agriculture in Gaza has been destroyed by the Israeli enemy so that the people of Gaza do not have food. The enemy seeks to raze entire Gaza, and level its neighborhoods, cities and buildings to the ground.”

Houthi also condemned the repression of activists in Western countries, including Germany and some other European countries just like the United States, stressing the need not to remain silent in the face of Zionist crimes.

He emphasized that words of outrage and condemnation are no longer adequate, calling for practical action.

“The Israeli enemy is emboldened by American support and does not care about global opposition. The Muslim world must adopt a strong position.”

Houthi took a swipe at Arab and Muslim countries over the failure to impose diplomatic, political and economic sanctions on the Israeli enemy.

“Continued cooperation of Arab and Muslim states with the Zionist entity increases the scope of its crimes. The Palestinian Authority not only does not support the Palestinian people, but also cooperates with the Israeli enemy against Palestinian fighters. Westerners report about intelligence cooperation between the Israeli enemy and Arab regimes.”

The Ansarullah leader noted that Arab and Muslim countries are increasing their commercial relation with Israel at the same that the Zionist regime is expanding its oppression and aggression.

“Arab regimes are sending the enemy what it lacks due to the naval siege being enforced against it in the Red Sea, and Bab el-Mandab Strait. Arab regimes consider the fighters in Gaza to be terrorists, while they are in fact defending their dignity, their people, and their sanctities,” Houthi said.

The Ansarullah chief labeled the Zionist regime as a threat to the entire world and emphasized the need to confront the danger. He stated that regional stability could not be established in light of Israeli atrocities which are being committed with the support of the United States and its Western allies.

He denounced Israeli offensives in southern Syria, which have resulted in killings, abductions, and destruction of farms as well as residential buildings. “The Israeli enemy is a criminal regime.”

Turning to the martyrdom anniversary of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, and top-ranking Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr, Houthi hailed the role of resistance fighters in Palestine and Lebanon.

“Fighters in Palestine and Lebanon play an effective role against the Israeli enemy, and are safeguarding Muslims and the Arab world. If it were not for their sacrifices, the situation in the Muslim world, especially in Arab countries, would be different. If it were not because of their struggle, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria would have now been under Israeli control, and the regime would be seeking to reach out to Iraq,” the Ansarullah leader said.

Houthi finally pointed to indirect ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel, holding the Tel Aviv regime responsible for the failure of the talks.