Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group has stated that it launched a missile towards Israel, “hitting an important goal.”
“We attacked an important goal within the Jaffa space with a hypersonic missile,” Houthi navy spokesperson Yahya Sarea stated on Sunday in an announcement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
“The missile efficiently hit its goal,” Sarea famous, vowing that the group will launch extra long-range missiles at Israel till “struggle in Gaza stops”.
In the meantime, Israel’s navy stated on Sunday that it intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen earlier than it entered Israeli airspace, with no accidents reported.
Since November 2023, the Houthi group has launched rocket and drone assaults on Israel and disrupted “Israeli-linked” transport within the Purple Sea, allegedly to point out solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid the continued Israeli-Palestinian battle, Xinhua information company reported.
Regional tensions have escalated as a consequence of Israel’s struggle on the Gaza Strip which has killed greater than 44,400 individuals, most of them girls and kids, and injured over 105,200 since October final 12 months.
The second 12 months of the struggle in Gaza has drawn rising worldwide condemnation, with officers and establishments labeling the assaults and blocking of support deliveries as a deliberate try to destroy a inhabitants.
On November 21, the Worldwide Prison Courtroom (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for struggle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity in Gaza.
Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice for its lethal struggle on Gaza.
