SANAA, Jun 11 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s Houthis last night claimed responsibility for launching two missile attacks towards Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport.
“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.
“One of the missiles directly hit Ben Gurion Airport, and the regime’s 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.”
Sarea noted that, the Houthis’ missile attacks against Israel were “in response to the Israeli missile aggression on Yemen’s ports of Hodeidah.”
Meanwhile, the Zionist Israel Defence Forces (IDF), said in a statement that, its air defences 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 also, no casualties were reported.
Earlier in the day, the Zionist 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, according to the Houthi television.
The IDF said that, the strikes were in response to the Houthi attacks against Israel.
The Houthi-controlled ports in Hodeidah have been targeted by the Israeli military several times during the past few months.
The Houthis, which control much of northern Yemen, have also been targeting Israeli targets and ships since Nov, 2023, to show solidarity with the Palestinians, amid the ongoing one-sided Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.– NNN-YPA
