The Iranian-backed proxy has succeeded in chasing Jews out of the governorates of Sanaa, Saada and Amran

The last remaining three Jewish families in Yemen were deported by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, leaving only a few Jewish seniors in the country, London-based Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Sunday.

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A total of 13 people from three different Jewish families were expelled from Yemen after years of pressure from the Houthis and as part of a deal to release Levi Salem Marhabi, a Jew whom the Houthis captured nearly six years ago.

"They gave us a choice between staying in the midst of harassment and keeping Salem a prisoner or leaving and having him released," one of them told Asharq Al-Awsat.

"History will remember us as the last of Yemeni Jews who were still clinging to their homeland until the last moment,” they added. Read more at i24