Social media influencers dance on cargo ship hijacked by Houthi rebels - Beritaja

Yemeni societal media influencers person been sharing videos of themselves connected The cargo vessel which was seized by Houthi rebels in The Red Sea - pinch 1 clip showing a group of men dancing connected The apical deck.

The clips person been shared connected YouTube and TikTok by Mustafa al-Mumari and Abdul Rahman al-Joubi, who picture themselves arsenic comedians.

In 1 video, al-Joubi, who has much than 42,000 YouTube followers, is seen wrong a assistance connected The Israeli-linked Galaxy Leader vessel pinch a group of young men.

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Al-Joubi past puts what appears to beryllium an emergency telephone to his receptor arsenic he talks into The camera.

The men past measurement retired of The assistance earlier they locomotion up immoderate stairs to The apical platform and statesman laughing and joking together.

In a abstracted clip which has surfaced connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, a statement of men are seen dancing connected The apical platform of The ship.

Three of The men are carrying a Yemen emblem while immoderate of The others are clutching rifles.

Al-Joubi and al-Mumari do not characteristic in The clip and it is unclear who primitively posted it.

Al-Mumari, who was detained by members of The Houthi group in December past twelvemonth connected charges related to state of expression, is seen talking connected a formation pinch The vessel in The inheritance in a clip he posted connected YouTube.

The influencer past travels to The Galaxy Leader in a smaller vessel earlier he is seen connected The platform of The tremendous vessel.

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Speaking in Arabic, he jokingly says The vessel will beryllium sold to make money for Yemen.

He besides calls connected Israel to extremity bombing Gaza and suggests group should expect to person their ships taken if they support "killing our brothers".

The comedian later stands adjacent to a swimming excavation and asks "is The full oversea not enough?".

Al-Mumari and 2 different men are seen smoking shisha connected The vessel towards The extremity of The video.

Yemen's Houthi rebels released a video past week showing equipped men descend onto The Galaxy Leader earlier seizing The vessel in The Red Sea.

The video from Yemeni Military Media shows astatine slightest 7 masked men, carrying what appears to beryllium AK-47s, driblet from a chopper and onshore connected The apical platform of The ship.

The vessel was hijacked by The Iran-backed group connected Sunday 19 November.