A female hides behind an automobile, which stopped at the side of a roadway, while sirens noise, in reaction to what Israeli armed force reported was a rocket released from Yemen towards Israel that was obstructed, in Tel Aviv, Israel.|Picture Credit: REUTERS
Yemen’s Houthi rebels declared duty for shooting a rocket at Israel’s primary airport on Tuesday (August 5, 2025), as the Israeli armed force stated it obstructed it.
The Iran-backed rebels targeted Ben Gurion airport “using a ‘Palestine 2’ hypersonic ballistic missile” in assistance of Palestinians in Gaza, their military representative Yahya Saree stated in a video declaration.
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The Israeli military published on X that “a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted by the Israeli air force”
Because the start of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, the Houthis have actually consistently fired rockets and drones at Israel. The majority of them have actually been obstructed however they have actually triggered Israeli air campaign on rebel targets in Yemen.
The rebels have actually likewise assaulted industrial shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden declared to be connected to Israel, triggering numerous rounds of US-led air campaign.