Yemen’s Iranian-allied Houthis on Saturday said they had targeted Ben Gurion airport in Israel with a ballistic missile and they had timed the attack to coincide with Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrival.
The alleged attack was announced hours after the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, an ally of the Houthis, confirmed the killing of its chief Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in the southern suburb of Beirut.
Houthi military spokesman Yehya Saree said the group would not “hesitate to raise the level of military escalation” against Israel.
“These operations will not stop until the [Israeli] aggression on Gaza and Lebanon stops,” Saree added in a televised statement.
on Friday, the Houthis claimed two attacks, including one by a ballistic missile aimed at Israel in support of their Palestinian and Lebanese allies.
Following a fatal drone attack on Tel Aviv by the Houthis, the Israeli Air Force attacked the port city of Hodeidah in July, leading to a massive fire and six deaths. Houthi leaders subsequently announced a new phase in the fight against Israel.
The Houthi militants have also been attacking ships in the Red Sea, saying the attacks are intended to support the Palestinian Islamist Hamas group and force an end to the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
