Houthi Missile Paralyzes Ben Gurion Airport

Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport was briefly shut down after a missile strike was launched from Yemen, local media said.

According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, the operations were temporarily suspended in Ben Gurion Airport after a missile was detected.

The Israeli army said in a statement through the US social media company X that the missile was intercepted.

The Ben Gurion Airport reopened after the interception, Yedioth Ahronoth added.

Israeli Channel 12 said that air raid sirens were sounded in Tel Aviv, central Israel, and West Jerusalem for the first time since the assassination of Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Ghalib Al-Rahawi.

The Yemeni Houthi group intensified assaults in recent days after an Israeli airstrike in Yemen’s capital Sanaa killed 12 top officials, including the premier and nine other ministers.

The Houthis vowed to continue their missile and drone strikes against Israeli targets in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Since November 2023, the Houthis have launched missile and drone strikes on Israeli targets and targeted commercial shipping in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Arabian Sea in support of Palestinians in Gaza, where more than 63,600 people have been killed in an Israeli genocidal war.

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    Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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