Yemen's Houthis take responsibility for two missile attacks on Israel's airport
Yemen's Houthi group claimed responsibility for launching two missile attacks toward Israel's Ben Gurion Airport
- SANAA — Yemen's Houthi group claimed responsibility for launching two
missile attacks toward Israel's Ben Gurion Airport.
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- "We targeted Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, using
two ballistic missiles, one of which was a hypersonic," Houthi military
spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in the statement, aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah
TV.
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- "One of the missiles directly hit Ben Gurion Airport,
and the interceptor systems failed to intercept it," Sarea said, adding,
"Our decision to ban air traffic to and from Ben Gurion Airport remains in
effect, and we warn the remaining airline companies to immediately halt their
flights."
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- Sarea noted that the group's missile attacks against
Israel were "in response to the Israeli missile aggression on Yemen's
ports of Hodeidah."
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- Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a
statement that its air defenses likely intercepted a ballistic missile fired
from Yemen over central Israel. The IDF didn't mention the second missile
attack claimed by the Houthis, and no casualties were reported.
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- Earlier in the day, the Israeli military conducted
strikes against three ports in Yemen's western province of Hodeidah, which are
under Houthi control. The strikes destroyed facilities and docks, Xinhua news
agency reported quoting Houthi television.
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- The IDF said that the strikes were in response to the
Houthi attacks against Israel.
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- The Houthi-controlled ports in Hodeidah have been
targeted by the Israeli military several times during the past few months.
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- The Houthi group, which controls much of northern Yemen,
has also been targeting Israeli targets and ships since November 2023 to show
solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
