Houthis Hold Fire Despite Pledges, Functioning as Iran's Strategic Reserve

Despite threatening to resume Red Sea attacks and strikes on Israel, the Houthis have not fired a single missile or launched a drone since the war began. Analysts assess the group is functioning as Iran's strategic reserve—a deterrent-in-being that Tehran is preserving rather than expending. IRGC commanders and advisors remain stationed in Yemen directing Houthi readiness.