Israel’s key airport attacked: Houthi millitants launch missile at Tel Aviv; bombing destroys port’s dock again

Israel on Tuesday intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi militant group in direction of Ben Gurion International Airport close to Tel Aviv, the Israeli navy confirmed. The interception adopted air raid sirens sounding throughout a number of areas of the nation.Houthi navy spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed accountability for the strike, saying the group had focused the airport utilizing a ‘Palestine 2’ hypersonic ballistic missile. Saree had made an analogous declare simply hours earlier.Meanwhile, A Houthi safety official, requesting anonymity to debate delicate issues, instructed AFP that “the bombing destroyed the port’s dock, which had been rebuilt following previous strikes.”The tried strike got here a day after Israel launched an airstrike on Houthi targets in Yemen’s Hodeidah port. The operation was a part of Israel’s ongoing retaliation in opposition to the Iran-backed Houthis, who’ve been attacking vessels headed to Israeli ports and firing missiles into Israeli territory.The Houthis not too long ago resumed lethal assaults within the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, focusing on ships they accuse of getting hyperlinks to Israel, to place strain on Israel to finish the Gaza battle.