Houthi policemen ride on the back of a patrol pick-up truck during the funeral of Houthi terrorists killed by recent U.S.-led strikes, in Sanaa, Yemen February 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Yemen’s Houthi terror group held a funeral on Saturday for at least 17 terrorists killed during joint U.S.-British airstrikes targeting the Iran-backed terrorists, the Houthi-run Saba news agency said.

The Houthis have launched waves of exploding drones and missiles at commercial ships since Nov. 19 in what they say is a response to Israel’s military operations in Gaza, prompting Britain and the United States to start retaliatory strikes last month.

“These crimes will not discourage the Yemeni people from continuing their support and backing of their brothers in the Gaza Strip,” Saba said in its coverage of the funerals.

Besides the airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, the U.S. and Britain have returned the organization to a list of terrorist groups as turmoil from the Israel-Hamas war spreads through the region.

The Houthi campaign has disrupted international shipping, causing some companies to suspend transits through the Red Sea and instead take the much longer, costlier journey around Africa.