Protests erupt outside Yemen Mission in NYC to condemn US attacks on Houthi rebels — with crowd attacking couple holding Israeli flag

Hundreds of protesters descended on the Yemen Mission in NYC Friday night to denounce the US military strike on Houthi rebels in response to the militant attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea.

Protesters in the crowd attacked a couple carrying an Israeli flag during the “Hands Off Yemen” rally outside of the United Nations mission on East 51st Street and 1st Avenue in Midtown.

The couple was attempting to wade through the crowd with their dog when the man was pushed and the Israeli flag was snatched out of their hands by protesters who tried to light it on fire.

“Long live Hamas, you piece of s–t!” a man waving a “Free Palestine” flag yelled at the pair, who were separated from the rest of the crowd.

The local man and woman, who did not wish to be identified, told The Post that they were heading to the dog park when they witnessed a swarm of protesters blocking their path.

The man said he ran back inside his apartment and grabbed his Israeli flag before trying to make his way through the crowd — and was shoved.

“Next step, I promise you, the next time they’re going to be supporting ISIS,” the outraged man, who was born in Israel, said of the protesters. “Because ISIS hates America, therefore, ISIS good. It’s beyond insane what’s going on here.”

Other chants heard from the crowd included, “From the river to the sea, Yemen will be free!” and “Gaza called, Yemen answered. All Israeli boats are canceled” before they began marching.

Some held signs that read “Hands off Yemen” and “F–k you Biden” as others yelled out “Genocide Joe has got to go.”

At one point, a man waving an Israeli flag walked up to the protesters and began shouting at them.

“They’re pro-Palestine and never went to Palestine!” he yelled at protesters and flipped them off before they surrounded him.

Outside of the Horny Ram pub on 2nd Avenue, a man told the protesters to “Go back to Palestine.”

“We want to!” one of them shot back.

Several protesters were seen scraping “Stand with Israel” stickers off of light posts as they marched. Others were seen ripping down posters for kidnapped Israelis.

“Yeah! F–k Israel!” one of them encouraged as they watched.

Outside the United Nations, Nerdeen Kiswani, founder of the pro-Palestinian organization Within Our Lifetime, claimed, “The Yemeni people and the Palestinian people are the only free people because we resist by any means necessary.”

“We have no faith in your courts, your institutions, your governments. The United States, the United Kingdom, all puppet Arab Zionist normalizing regimes…We only have faith in the resistance,” she said.

“As long as there is resistance in Palestine and Yemen, as long as there is a blockade on Yemen and Gaza, we will stand up to resist it,” Kiswani said.

It was not immediately clear if any arrests were made, according to police.

The United States and the United Kingdom led attacks on some 30 Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday days after the Iran-backed rebels carried out their “largest attack” to date on shipping vessels in the Red Sea, President Biden announced.

The Houthis, who control a majority of the impoverished country, have been attacking and hijacking cargo ships that pass through the critical Red Sea shipping corridor over the past several weeks in support of Hamas since the outbreak of the militant groups’ war with Israel.

The rebels have targeted 27 ships to date.

Houthi leaders said the attacks by the US have killed five people, prompting a large anti-American rally in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. The US carried out additional smaller strikes in Yemen on Friday night, officials told CNN.