Hamas chief Sinwar writes glowing letter to Yemen’s Houthis from Gaza

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who is in hiding in the Gaza Strip, has written a letter to Yemen's Houthi movement thanking them for their support against Israel and commending the armed group on its recent missile attack.

“I congratulate you on the success of your missiles reaching deep into the heart of the enemy entity, surpassing all layers and systems of defence and interception,” Sinwar wrote in the letter published by Houthi media on Tuesday, addressing Sayyid Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, the head of the Yemeni group.

The Houthis, who control most of Yemen and the capital Sanaa, on Sunday claimed a missile attack that hit the centre of Israel but did not leave any casualties. They said the attack was carried out with a new hypersonic ballistic missile, a claim denied by the Israeli military.  

Sinwar said in his letter that his group is prepared for a protracted conflict with Israel, aided by the Houthis and other allies in the region, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. 

"We have prepared ourselves for a long battle of attrition that will break the enemy's political will, just as the Al-Aqsa Flood shattered its military will," he wrote, referring to the 7 October attack by Hamas on southern Israel, which killed more than 1100 people, most of them civilians. 

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