While Israeli media announced a list of the Israeli occupation army that includes 8 Houthi leaders and considers them targets, headed by the group’s leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the head of the coup political council, Mahdi al-Mashat, and other leaders, Yemeni sources confirmed today (Saturday) that the Houthi leaders fled to other provinces outside Sanaa, especially Saada, the stronghold of the militia.

The sources said that dozens of Houthi political and military leaders left Sanaa and headed to rural areas in Saada, Hajjah, Amran, and Hodeidah in an attempt to hide to escape expected Israeli attacks, indicating that the Houthi leaders are trying to take precautionary measures in anticipation of any direct Israeli or American targeting of them.

Yemeni platforms had reported that there were widespread disagreements between the Houthi leaders over the position of head of the coup political council, especially since Abdul-Malik al-Houthi wanted to appoint the son-in-law of the family, the ideological leader, Qassem Hamran, instead of the current head of the council, Mahdi al-Mashat, who has no ties to the family, but is from Saada tribes and was former director of the office of Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.

The platforms reported that Qasim Hamran, who comes from the Dahyan District in Saada Governorate and is married to the daughter of Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi, the founder of the militia, and heads the so-called steadfastness program in addition to heading the coordination room between the Houthis and al-Qaeda and ISIS, is the only candidate to assume the position, but he is met with opposition from Other leaders believe that they are more deserving of the position.