UPDATE – Israeli army says it intercepted missile fired from Yemen

By Rania Abu Shamala and Betul Yilmaz

UPDATES WITH HOUTHI STATEMENT, REVISES DECK

ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army said Wednesday that it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen.

A military statement said the missile attack triggered sirens in Jerusalem and surrounding communities, as well as West Bank settlements and towns in central Israel.

Yemen’s Houthi group confirmed that it had fired a hypersonic ballistic missile at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, causing a halt to operations at the facility.

Since November 2023, the Houthis have launched missile and drone strikes on Israeli sites and targeted commercial shipping in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea in support of Palestinians in Gaza, where nearly 63,000 people have been killed in a deadly Israeli offensive.

The Israeli army launched several waves of airstrikes on Houthi-run sites in Yemen in response to the Houthi attacks.