A ballistic missile launched by Yemen hit the internal area of the perimeter of Tel Aviv airport. This was reported by the IDF, the air defense was unable to intercept the missile.
A high Houthi official, Muhammad Al-Bahiti, told the Araby Qatarious Issuer that “the attack on Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport is proof of the group’s ability to hit important sites within Israel”.
“Anyone who strikes us will be struck seven times a lot”: the defense minister Israel Katz said it after a missile launched by the Houthi from Yemen crashed in the area of Terminal 3 of the Ben Gurion airport of Tel Aviv.
According to the rescuers, the crash of the missile launched by the Houthi from Yemen has caused several injuries inside the area of Tel Aviv airport. The witnesses tell of a strong roar that triggered panic scenes among the people who were entering the airport terminal 3 and who did not have time to reach protected areas. The Ben Gurion airport, reopened for a few minutes after the crash of the missile launched by the Houthi by Yemen, was closed again. Decollas and landings are suspended, and at the same time the railways have communicated that railway traffic at the airport station and on the lines for Jerusalem and Modin has been temporarily suspended. The police asks not to approach the airport. It is not yet clear whether the entire ballistic missile or just one part has exploded inside the perimeter of the airport.
Netanyahu summons urgent meeting
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, will hold an urgent telephone interview, in which several ministers will participate and the managers of the defense forces, at 2.30 pm local time to evaluate the situation after the missile from Yemen exploded at the Ben Gurion airport. Israeli media report it. Some officials who maintained anonymity have clarified: «We have no more restrictions. Israel will respond to the Houthi forcefully. We will not be ashamed of it, we will attack, and we will attack hard. We have the right to answer and nothing will limit us ». So far, partly at the request of the United States, Israel has abstained from hitting goals in Yemen since the Houthi resumed their attacks. The US has been attacking for weeks in Yemen. At 19.00, Netanyahu will personally convene his security cabinet to discuss the expansion of the military campaign in Gaza and the fighting in Syria.
Hamas, “Houthi missile exceeds the best defense in the world”
The armed wing of Hamas praised today’s missile attack against the main Israeli international airport, claimed by the filiranian rebels Houthi: “Yemen intensifies its attacks on the heart of the illegitimate Zionist entity, overcoming the most advanced defense systems in the world and hitting its objectives with precision”, said Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Brigate Ezzine Al-Qassam, in a note.