JERUSALEM: The Israeli army stated on Sunday (Jan 5) it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, the most recent in a collection of latest assaults.
“Following the sirens that sounded a short time in the past in Talmei Elazar, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted previous to crossing into Israeli territory,” the army stated in an announcement posted to Telegram.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who management a lot of northern Yemen together with the capital Sanaa, stated in an announcement on Sunday they’d launched “a hypersonic ballistic missile” concentrating on an influence station south of the Israeli metropolis of Haifa.
On Friday, Israel’s army stated it had shot down a missile and a drone launched from Yemen, the place Iran-backed rebels have stepped up their assaults since a November ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and one other Iran-backed group, Hezbollah.
Like Hezbollah – which started buying and selling cross-border fireplace with Israel after Hamas’s Oct 7 assault final 12 months – the Houthis say they’re acting in solidarity with Palestinians, and have vowed to proceed till there’s a ceasefire within the Gaza Strip.
Whereas a lot of the missiles and drones launched from Yemen have been intercepted, one missile wounded 16 folks in Tel Aviv in December, in accordance with Israel’s army and emergency providers.
In response, the Israeli air drive has struck Houthi targets in Yemen, together with Sanaa’s worldwide airport.
The Houthi rebels have additionally been firing at ships within the Purple Sea and Gulf of Aden – destabilising a significant transport lane and prompting reprisal strikes by the US and generally Britain.
The group’s Saba information company and Al-Masirah TV reported three raids on Sunday east of town of Saada, in northern Yemen, attributing the operations to the US and Britain.
Washington and London didn’t instantly touch upon that report.
Iranian overseas ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Sunday stated Tehran “strongly condemned the American and British air strikes towards infrastructure in Saada province”.
