The leader of "Ansar Allah," Abdul Malik al-Houthi, announced that the "crime of targeting the head of Hamas's political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, has exposed the Europeans and Arab states that have not even taken a position of condemnation." He revealed that "there are clear and declared positions from the Islamic Republic and the rest of the axis, and efforts are underway to respond." He added, "There are intense efforts to contain the reaction to the targeting of Ismail Haniyeh and Fouad Shukr in order to protect the Israelis."