Updated on May 4, 2025, at 6:25 pm EST
A missile fired from Yemen struck an access road on the grounds of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday, as a heavy US bombing campaign has failed to deter Yemen’s Houthis, who are officially known as Ansar Allah.
According to The Times of Israel, the Israeli military tried multiple times to intercept the missile but failed. A US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system that’s deployed to Israel also failed to intercept the Yemeni missile.
The missile left a crater, and six people were injured by the attack, though none of them were seriously hurt. The Houthis have fired a series of missiles and drones at Israel since the Israeli military resumed its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, but the Sunday attack marked the first time a Yemeni missile made it past Israel’s air defenses.
Later on Sunday, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced the Yemeni force would impose a “comprehensive air blockade” on Israel by “repeatedly” targeting airports in the country. He said the move was a response to Israel “expanding aggressive operations against Gaza.” His announcement came after the Israeli military announced it was calling up tens of thousands of reservists to escalate in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would respond to the Houthi attack. “We’ve acted against them in the past, and we’ll act again in the future,” he said. “This isn’t a one-and-done, but there will be some big hits.”
Israel launched a few rounds of airstrikes on Yemen last year but hasn’t done so under the Trump administration. In March, the Israeli news site Ynet reported that the US has asked Israel not to respond to the Houthis’ attacks and said that US forces will handle the retaliation.
Netanyahu also suggested that Israel might attack Iran in response to the Yemeni missile strike. On X, Netanyahu shared a Truth Social post from President Trump dated March 17. In the post, Trump said he would blame each Houthi attack on Iran.
“President Trump is absolutely right!” Netanyahu wrote. “Attacks by the Houthis emanate from Iran. Israel will respond to the Houthi attack against our main airport AND, at a time and place of our choosing, to their Iranian terror masters.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also recently threatened Iran over the situation in Yemen, accusing Tehran of providing “lethal” support for the Yemeni group and warning there would be consequences. While the Houthis are aligned with Iran, they make their missiles domestically, which President Trump has acknowledged.
Since March 15, the US has launched over 1,000 strikes on Yemen, killing more than 200 civilians. The Trump administration started the bombing campaign in response to the Houthis announcing they would re-impose their blockade on Israeli shipping after Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza in violation of the ceasefire deal.
The Houthis, who are known for their resilience, have vowed they will not stop their attacks on Israel or end the blockade on Israeli shipping unless there’s a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli siege. They have offered to stop attacking US warships if the US stops bombing Yemen, but the Trump administration has shown no interest in the offer.
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Will you still applauded when the counter strikes occur? Or will you cry genocide when deaths occur in those strikes?
Trying, once more, to downplay the actual genocide on Gaza by implying people reflexively "cry" genocide anytime Israel attacks anyone. That genocide in Gaza is real and the Houthis are trying to stop it. To most people that would be a noble thing. But like I said earlier, history now starts on May 4th, and any butchering Israel has done in the past 19 months is irelevant to you.
Never mind more than 70 years.
The applause wasn't for Houthis killing any Israelis… rather for their missiles passing through the cotton dome reinforced by US sophisticated air defense weapons…!
Since you didn't make the comment, how do you know what cjgeek intent was?
@netman
Because @netman read the article which reported no Israelis were killed – 6 minorly injured, no fatalities. For the record, my research has found the total fatalities of all Ansar Allah’s actions to be 4, none intentional.
It will be interesting to see how Israel responds to this attack. The airline of Yemen has 7 airbuses. If they are still in the country, in few days they should have none. And the main airport of Yemen, what is left of it, should be reduce to rumble and the runway should look like the surface of the moon.
Asked and answered while sounding like you just can't wait. History, of course, will now start on May 4th.
If that is what "should" happen to Yemen for a little crater on a roadway, what "should" happen to Israel for the utter destruction of Gaza?
The destruction in Gaza is result of Oct 7 attack. Gaza did not attack Israel, 20,000 Hamas fighters and 30,000 non combatants would have been alive.
No. If someone throws a punch at you, you are allowed to defend yourself in like ways. You are not allowed to go to his house and drop a bomb on it killing him, his wife, his children, and his elderly relatives. If you do so, you are called a crazy maniac and thrown in prison for the rest of your life.
The difference between a proper response to a horrendous crime and being psychopathic killers is clear to most humans.
The difference between a proper response to a horrendous crime and being psychopathic killers is clear to most humans.
Most being the operative word.
Oct 7 was the result of decades of Israeli war crimes, but you know that. That is why you and those like you are such an abomination.
It's easy to tell when you have nothing. You go right back to Oct 7th. Nothing happened before and nothing happened after. You are pathetic.
Notice the look on that Cop's picture accompanying this article. Like "how dare them".
It is a start. Hit Israel harder, much harder. It is the only thing they understand.
I know logic says to hit harder the next time…!
But unfortunately or fortunately Houthis wants minimum civilian casualties…! Hence, hitting the freeway leading to the Ben Gurion airport…! They could strike the main terminal buildings or the air traffic control tower just meters away…!
"They could strike the main terminal buildings " LOL. They missed.
Obviously hitting the air traffic control tower would be much more efficient. Let's hope next time they'll do it better.
It is a start!!! What the heck was Oct 7?
Noun, verb, Oct 7th.
Beat me to it.
Let's see:
Patriot Air Defense Failed…
THAAD Air Defense Failed…
Arrow-3 Air Defense Failed…
US/Israel run out of air defense systems…! How are they going to defend against Iran's hypersonics…?! Answer: they're not…!
See, the main problem is the same encountered by that experimental US military anti-ballistic-missile (ABM) system they were testing in the Pacific some years back (double Irony Points if it's actually THAAD I'm referencing).
For those tests in the Pacific, the target "warhead's" velocity and trajectory needed to be known in advance, it couldn't deviate from those, and no countermeasures could be employed by the target. Under those perfect conditions, the interceptor succeeded 1 time out of 3.
THAAD (again, might be the same tech) just lacks the launch data, velocity, trajectory, target coordinates, and flight path plans that Ansar Allah utterly failed to politely provide.
Lol…! The THAAD is mostly designed for ballistic missiles interception by launching two trajectories…! If Houthis fire a non-ballistic hypersonic missile at Israel… the chance of interception would diminish…!
The Trump Administration Is Hiding American Casualties of War
https://farsnews.ir/Mousavi_82/1746366096092028550/Report%3A-Trump-Administration-Covers-Up-US-Casualties-in-Yemen-War
Quoting an Iranian website? Do you really believe them? That is one way to validate your fantasy.
It's an American Intercept news you moron…!
Israel and its shills are the least reputable people on the face of the earth. There’s no way anyone can defend that shithole country without lying through their teeth.
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/02/trump-yemen-war-us-casualties-death-toll/
I'm convinced that Trump hires certain people just so he has the pleasure of telling them "You're fired." https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1918009626983010508
If UN is not a clown organization, it should support Yemeni humanitarian intervention. At least UN should try it. So far only Yemen does something practical for terminating Gaza genocide.
It's not a "clown organization." Imagine it as a circus with monkeys but no clowns. And by the way, why do you hate clowns?
It all makes sense when you think about it. Israel and America have been committing crimes. A criminal can choose to rehabilitate or escalate his crimes. That's what's here.
Israel Unleashes Massive Strikes On Yemen With 30 Jets
'Israeli media has reported both at least 30 Israeli fighter jets were involved in strikes on Yemen, which come a day after the Houthis attacked the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, with a missile landing near the facility.
A senior US official has said the raids were being carried out in coordination with the US.' https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-mulls-full-war-yemen-puts-iran-notice-following-ben-gurion-airport-strike