Yemen’s Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, fired another missile at Israeli territory on Sunday, marking the third Yemeni attack on Israel in four days.
The Israeli military said it intercepted the missile, and some of the debris landed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Sirens sounded in the Jerusalem area and in some West Bank settlements, sending hundreds of thousands to bomb shelters.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the missile targeted the Ben Gurion International Airport. Several major airliners have halted flights to the airport due to the continued Yemeni attacks.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm their continued ban on air traffic to Lod (Ben Gurion) Airport, and that most airlines have complied with the ban in recent days, significantly impacting air traffic at the aforementioned airport,” Saree said, according to Yemen’s SABA news agency.
The Houthis have vowed that the attacks on Israel won’t stop until there’s a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory.
“The daily massacres committed against our people in the Gaza Strip are pushing Yemen, with its proud people, faithful leadership, and its mujahid army, to make greater efforts and work to escalate military operations that aim to halt the aggression against Gaza and lift the siege,” Saree said.
Israel has launched several rounds of airstrikes on Yemen since President Trump announced the US ceasefire with the Houthis on May 6. While Trump framed the truce with the Houthis as a US victory, the US really gave up trying to stop Yemeni attacks on Israel after a month and a half of heavy airstrikes.
The Trump administration launched its bombing campaign in Yemen on March 15, and, according to the US military, it conducted over 1,000 strikes. The bombing campaign had a devastating impact on civilians, killing more than 200.
