Israel intercepts missile from Yemen, shuts airspace

Shafaq News – Middle East/Sanaa 

On Tuesday, Yemen’s Houthis (Ansarallah Movement) announced that they carried out four military operations against Israel.

According to the group’s military spokesperson, Yehya Saree, one of the attacks targeted Ben Gurion Airport with a ballistic missile, while three other strikes hit sensitive sites in Jaffa, Ashkelon, and Eilat using drones.

In response, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed to "treat Yemen like Tehran," while the US Ambassador to Israel remarked, “Maybe those B2 bombers need to visit Yemen.”

Earlier, Israel’s military announced the interception of a missile launched from Yemen, prompting widespread alarm across central Israel and a temporary closure of the country’s airspace.   

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 An Iraqi security source explained that the spectacle witnessed in the skies was the result of the interception, caused by the detonation of explosive materials and fuel during the high-altitude collision between the missiles outside Earth's atmosphere.

The flash produced multicolored visual effects that were visible over parts of western Iraq, ncluding the Najaf desert, Al-Anbar’s wilderness, the Rutba area, and also over Syria and Lebanon.