“A provocation to the feelings of Muslims.” Alaa Mubarak comments on the Houthi attacks on Mecca and Medina

Alaa Mubarak, son of the late Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, commented on the Houthi attacks in Yemen on Medina and their attempt to target Mecca, describing it as a “heinous crime” and “a blatant aggression and blatant violation of the sanctity of the Two Holy Mosques.”

Alaa Mubarak wrote in a blog post on his official account on the “X” platform, formerly Twitter, on Saturday: “The Houthi militias’ targeting of Mecca and Medina, the best and holiest places on earth, and terrorizing the safe at the place of revelation and the Prophet’s Migration, does not only represent a heinous crime, but is a blatant aggression and blatant violation of the sanctity of the Two Holy Mosques, and a provocation and blatant challenge to the feelings of all Muslims.”

Mubarak's son added: "Whoever dares to approach the place of revelation has declared his clear hostility to every zealous Muslim."

Alaa Mubarak’s comment came in response to a post attached to a video clip a few days ago by the Saudi “Al-Arabiya” channel on the “X” platform, in which she wrote: “The Houthi militia targets the guests of God... it tried to attack Mecca Al-Mukarramah last month and bombed a power station that supplies the Prophet’s Mosque, before attacking pilgrims at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.”

Last Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced the downing of a missile in the Medina region, according to what coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said.

A few days ago, the official spokesman for the "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" led by Saudi Arabia, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, announced the occurrence of what he described as a "terrorist attack" launched by the Houthis on the Taiba electricity distribution station in Medina.

The "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen" also announced that air defenses "intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen that attempted to enter the airspace of Mecca," last month.

The military spokesman for the Houthis, Yahya Saree, denied that the Houthi group had targeted the city of Mecca.