[Regnum] Forces of the Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis), which rules northern Yemen, attacked the Nevatim air base in the Negev Desert in southern Israel with a Palestine-2 hypersonic missile. This was reported on Saturday, December 28, by representatives of the organization.
"We attacked the Israeli enemy's Nevatim air force base in the Negev region in the south of the occupied Palestinian territories. In our operation, we used a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile. The missile successfully hit its target," the movement's spokesman said, as broadcast by the Houthi-controlled Al Masirah TV channel.
As reported by Regnum news agency, the Houthis attacked Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv with a hypersonic ballistic missile on December 27. According to them, the missile strike achieved its target, and the work of the Israeli airport was suspended.
Earlier on December 27, the SABA news agency, citing the Houthi Ministry of Health, reported that at least six people were killed and another 40 were injured as a result of Israeli military strikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
The Israeli Air Force attacked Sanaa during a speech by Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. According to Al Mayadeen TV channel, the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was at the airport in the Yemeni capital at that moment.
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[IsraelTimes] Latest Houthi attack sends large numbers of Israelis running for shelter in the middle of night again; IDF says missile intercepted before entering Israeli airspace
Air defenses intercepted a missile fired from Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
that triggered sirens in the Jerusalem, southern West Bank and Dead Sea areas early Saturday morning, the military said, in the sixth such overnight attack on the center of the country in less than two weeks.
The missile was intercepted outside Israeli airspace and the sirens were activated according to protocol for fear of falling debris, the military added, without specifying whether it was an Israeli or American system that intercepted the missile.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said there were no reports of injuries in the latest attack from Yemen, apart from one person suffering from acute anxiety.
Sirens blared in dozens of towns and cities in the Jerusalem area, the southern West Bank and parts of the Negev amid the incident, including Jerusalem, Latrun, Arad and the Dead Sea area, sending large numbers of people dashing for bomb shelters and protected rooms.
The Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s in Yemen later took responsibility for the attack, claiming to have targeted the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel. The Iran-backed group claimed that the "missile successfully hit its target."