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This escalation came after a UN employee died in Houthi custody earlier this year, leading to the suspension of aid operations in certain regions, exacerbating Yemen’s ongoing humanitarian crisis. Millions rely heavily on aid for food and medical supplies amid widespread destruction and economic collapse. Yemen is now considered one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
The Houthis’ actions reflect a strategy to control aid and enforce their narrative, often accusing aid groups of espionage and political bias. Their leader, Abdul Malik Al-Houthi, has boasted of dismantling spy cells linked to foreign organizations, casting aid workers as enemies of the state.