Hajjah: Hajjah governorate witnessed massive public rallies on Friday to affirm support for the armed forces, back the "blockade-for-blockade" strategy, and expose the lie regarding the targeting of Mecca. Residents of Hajjah gathered in the governorate capital and various districts, led by the Secretary-General of the Local Council, Ismail Al-Muhaym, along with province undersecretaries governors, mobilization officials, heads of executive offices, local authority leaders, religious scholars, tribal sheikhs, and prominent social figures.
According to Yemen News Agency, participants raised the Yemeni flag and chanted slogans declaring disavowal of the enemies of Islam and expressing high readiness to wage the battle for national liberation, end the aggression and blockade, and reclaim usurped national resources. The people of Hajjah affirmed their united stance alongside the wise revolutionary leadership and the valiant Yemeni Armed Forces in pursuing all strategic options to confront the aggression and break the blockade-foremost among them the imposition of the "blockade-for-blockade" equation.
They regarded the courageous decisions and precision operations carried out by the Yemeni Armed Forces against the Saudi enemy as a legitimate right and a stance rooted in moral, humanitarian, and religious principles. These actions stem from the religious duty and responsibility borne by the Yemeni people to defend their faith, land, and honor, and to retaliate against the criminal Saudi aggression.
The people asserted that the Saudi enemy's claims regarding the targeting of Mecca are desperate attempts to incite Muslim sentiment to defend the city against the Yemeni Armed Forces' strikes on enemy oil facilities. They pointed out that those who would target Mecca are the very ones who presented the Kaaba's *Kiswa* (covering) to Epstein and supported the enemy in waging an unjust war on Gaza-not the people whom the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) described as possessing wisdom and faith.
The people of Hajjah also affirmed their readiness to sacrifice everything in defense of the Holy Lands, hailing the ongoing victories and operations of the Yemeni Armed Forces, which reflect the leadership's courage and the wisdom of timely decision-making. They reiterated their commitment to general mobilization and recruitment for the "Al-Aqsa Flood" camps and training courses, to supplying the battlefronts with funds and manpower, and to maintaining a high state of readiness to confront any potential escalation, prepared to make sacrifices to defend national sovereignty and champion the nation's central causes.
The assembled crowds warned the Saudi enemy against persisting in its aggression against Yemen and targeting its resources. They emphasized that the Yemeni people-having withstood 12 years of aggression, blockade, and attacks-are now more capable than ever of imposing new strategic realities and shifting the balance of power in the region and the world, and that all attempts to subjugate them are doomed to failure.
A statement issued by the rallies explained that the massive turnout of the Yemeni people today comes "in defense of the honor of our affiliation with Islam, and in rejection of the great slander and the lie of the century propagated by the criminal Saudi enemy against our people-the Yemen of faith and wisdom. It serves to declare our stance against the enemy and against those who adopted this malicious slander and blatant falsehood-an insult to the sanctity of Makkah Al-Mukarramah (may we sacrifice our souls for it)."
The statement affirmed the Yemeni people's steadfastness and commitment to their just cause in the face of the unjust aggression and blockade-ongoing for 12 years-and their unwavering, honorable positions regarding the issues of the Islamic Ummah. Foremost among these are the defense of Islamic holy sites-specifically Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, and Al-Aqsa Al-Sharif-as well as support for the Palestinian cause and all the Ummah's righteous and just causes.
The statement offered immense praise, thanks, and gratitude to Allah (SWT) for the great and glorious victories He has bestowed upon the people. It congratulated the Leader of the Revolution and the Armed Forces on these major, historic victories, while asking Allah to grant mercy to the great martyrs, a speedy recovery to the wounded, and steadfastness and success to the fighters on the front lines.
The statement further emphasized that "the Yemeni people will not retreat from the path of Jihad for the sake of Allah, nor from opposing His enemies and allying with His devoted servants. They will not compromise their freedom, independence, and dignity, nor abandon the battle against the criminal Saudi enemy.
It remain committed to supporting the Armed Forces in the equation of 'blockade for blockade and escalation for escalation,' and to striking the Saudi enemy's troop concentrations until the unjust, brutal blockade is broken, all rights are restored, and the aggression and all forms of injustice are lifted from our country and people-regardless of the cost."
It also expressed categorical rejection of the dangerous accusation, the "big lie," and the great slander propagated by the "Qarun of the Age" and the "Horn of Satan"-the Saudi enemy. ...against the Yemeni people by targeting Makkah Al-Mukarramah-a narrative seized upon and adopted by regimes, parties, groups, and factions that do not hesitate to utter falsehoods and embrace slander out of injustice, aggression, and wickedness.
This was deemed "a grave crime and an unforgivable, monstrous slander against our people; an affront to the honor and sanctity of our authentic affiliation with Islam-dating from the dawn of the Message to the present day; a deliberate distortion of our people's image; and a rejection of the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his family) words regarding the people of Yemen: 'Faith is Yemeni, and wisdom is Yemeni.'"
It asked, "Is it conceivable that those who embody faith and wisdom would target holy sites? Allah forbid; as the Yemeni people, we offer our very selves, souls, lives, wealth, and possessions as a sacrifice for Makkah Al-Mukarramah and for all Islamic holy sites." It added, "We say to the Saudi enemy-and to those who believed them rather than the Messenger of Allah-'The Messenger of Allah spoke the truth, and you lied, O fabricators.'"
The statement affirmed the Yemeni people's natural right to respond to this aggression through all legitimate means and forms of retaliation, and their authorization of the leadership and army to respond in the appropriate manner and at the appropriate time. The ultimate outcome belongs to the righteous, and there is no aggression except against the oppressors.
It reiterated a steadfast commitment to the Nation's causes-foremost among them the defense of holy sites against the plots of the disbelieving Zionist enemies of Allah, who openly declare their hostile intentions toward Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, and Al-Aqsa Mosque. It also reaffirmed steadfastness in defending the Palestinian cause and all the Nation's just causes, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with brethren in the Axis of Jihad, Resistance, and Al-Quds-across Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran-and with all the free people of the Nation.
The statement issued by the rallies called upon all regimes, parties, and entities to either stand with Yemen or vie with it in the arenas of genuine, honorable action; this would distinguish the truthful from the deceitful regarding their zeal for-and defense of-the sanctities, honor, and dignity of the Ummah, thereby bringing disgrace and shame upon the disbelieving enemies and the lying, slanderous hypocrites, while bestowing glory, honor, and loftiness upon the truthful, loyal, and sincere believers.
