The total employees arrested since 2021 has risen to 24, a U.N. spokesman said. The Iran-backed Houthis have held them on murky charges of espionage and foreign intervention.

The war in Yemen has killed more than 150,000 people, including fighters and civilians. The Iranian-backed Houthis have been fighting Yemen’s internationally recognized government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition, since 2014, when they descended from their stronghold in Saada and took control of Sanaa and most of the north.

This extraordinary and temporary measure seeks to balance imperative to stay and deliver with need to have safety and security of UN personnel and its partners guaranteed,' says spokesman - Anadolu Aj

The United Nations reported on Monday that it has paused its humanitarian operations in the area dominated by Yemen's Houthi rebels due to the detention of eight more U.N. staffers.

The United Nations halted operations in Yemen's Sa'ada region after Houthi authorities detained U.N. staff. The move aims to safeguard personnel while negotiating their release and ensuring safe humanitarian delivery.

Claiming about the reaction of possible attack or ceasefire violation from Israel, Houthi rebel leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said that they will rain missiles on Israel if it breaks the ceasefire.