Thousands of people have staged mass demonstrations in Yemen to express firm solidarity with Palestinians amidst Israeli attacks on Gaza, calling on the country’s military to step up anti-Israeli operation in the Red Sea and respond to U.S.-British aggression.

Pro-Palestine demonstrators took to the streets in the capital Sana’a, the northwestern city of Sa'ada, and elsewhere in the country on Friday, denouncing relentless Israeli ground and aerial offensives against Palestinians in the coastal territory, Press TV reported. 

“The Yemeni nation stands by Gazans in the face of their massacre and starvation at the hands of Israeli occupation forces, and will continue to carry out retaliatory operations tirelessly," read the final communiqué issued by the protesters. 

The participants hailed Yemeni naval forces for operations against Israeli-affiliated commercial vessels in the Red Sea in solidarity with Palestinians. They also lauded attacks on U.S. and British ships, citing their pro-Israel strikes against Yemen.