Houthi Ballistic Missile Lands in Tel Aviv as Israelis Flock to Shelters

The Yemeni Houthi group announced, Monday, its forces attacked a military target in the Jaffa (Tel Aviv) area in central Israel with a hypersonic ballistic missile.

News of the attack is trending on the social media with many Israelis going back to underground bunkers for safety as the Kan, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority confirmed the missile launch that landed in the Tel Aviv area.

The launch of the missile was made in a televised statement read by the group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree, which said the group’s missile force “targeted a military target of the Israeli enemy in the occupied Jaffa area (Tel Aviv) with a hypersonic ballistic missile of the Palestine 2 type.”

The Houthi spokesman added that “the operation achieved its goals successfully,” without providing further details.

Saree vowed that the group’s forces “will continue to carry out their military operations and strike all targets belonging to the Israeli enemy in the occupied territories, and these operations will not stop until the aggression on Gaza stops and the siege on the Strip is lifted.”

He continued: “Our forces, along with all the sons of the struggling Yemeni people, are ready to confront any Israeli-American aggression targeting Yemen, with more qualitative and effective military operations.”

Israel announced earlier on Monday it had intercepted a drone and a missile launched from Yemen.

In turn, the Israeli ambulance announced in a statement, Monday, five people were injured while heading to shelters in Tel Aviv and other cities and regions in the center of the country “after a missile was fired from Yemen.”

“In solidarity with the Gaza Strip,” which has been subjected to Israeli genocide with American support since 7 October, 2023, the Houthis have been targeting Israeli or related cargo ships in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean with missiles and drones, and carrying out missile and drone attacks on Israel, including operations targeting Tel Aviv.

Since the beginning of 2024, a US-led coalition has been launching raids that it says target “Houthi sites” in various areas of Yemen, in response to its naval attacks, which has been met with a response from the group from time to time.

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Sinwar Praises The Yemeni ‘Hypersonic Missile’ on Tel Aviv

Abdul-Malik Al Houthi, leader of the Houthi Ansar Allah group in Yemen, received a special message from the Hamas political bureau Chief Yahya Sinwar, in which the latter blessed the launch of a ballistic missile that reached the heart of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Sinwar expressed his elation for the Houthis’ support for the Palestinian resistance in its Flood of Al-Aqsa battle as according to what was reported by Houthi-affiliated media outlets.

Sinwar blessed the success of the military operation, coming in the fifth phase of the escalation with the missile striking deep into the Israeli entity while bypassing all layers and systems of defense and interception. He noted the operation restored what he termed as the glow of the Flood of Al-Aqsa Battle and its impact on the heart of Jaffa “Tel Aviv” once again.

Genocide’s Failure

Sinwar stressed the steps to contain and neutralize the resistance fronts being carried out under American supervision have failed, just as the genocide war against the Palestinian people has failed.

He stressed the successful operation sent a clear message to the enemy that the impact of the so-called “support fronts” have started to take a more effective direction, and greater impact on the path to resolve the battle in favor of our free and proud peoples.

The political bureau chief praised what he called the heroes of Yemen as developing creatively their military capabilities till they have reached the Israeli depth.

Sinwar sent greetings to the great Yemeni people: “Throughout its history, Yemen has always supported our Palestinian people and their just cause, and its fields continue to witness weekly actions in support of the Battle of the Flood of Al-Aqsa.”

On the current Gaza humanitarian situation, Sinwar to two facts: The state of pain and severe suffering as a result of the Nazi aggression, genocide, siege and starvation, which requires all the sons of the nation to support and stand by it, and the state of valiant resistance led by the Qassam Brigades, which waged the 7 October attack with unparalleled competence, and waged a defensive battle throughout an entire year that exhausted and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.

At the end of the message he confirmed the resistance is well and what the Israeli enemy is announcing is nothing but lies and psychological warfare, stressing the resistance prepared itself to fight a long battle of attrition that will break the enemy’s political will, just as the Al-Aqsa flood is breaking its military will.

He also stressed combining efforts with Yemen and the valiant resistance in Lebanon and Iraq will break this enemy and defeat it on the path to expelling it from the land of Palestine.

New Hypersonic Missile

Sunday, Yemeni military spokesman, Brigadier-General Yahya Saree, announced the implementation of a qualitative operation during which “an Israeli military site in the Jaffa area in occupied Palestine was targeted.”

In a statement, he confirmed that this operation comes as a victory for the injustice of the Palestinian people.

He pointed out the operation was carried out with a new “hypersonic” ballistic missile, and it succeeded in reaching its target while stressing the failure of Israeli defenses to confront or intercept it.

He pointed out the missile traveled a distance of 2,040 kilometers in 11 and a half minutes, and it caused a state of fear and panic among the Israelis, as more than two million Israelis headed to shelters for the first time in Israel’s history according to Al Ghad TV.

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Yaffa Drone Travels 2000 KM to Reach Tel Aviv

Yedioth Ahronoth revealed new details about the “Jaffa” drone that attacked Tel Aviv leading to the death of an Israeli and the injury of at least 10 others.

The Israeli newspaper reported the drone attack on a residential building in central Tel Aviv killing Yevgeny Perder show it was launched from Yemen and traveled about 2,000 kilometers.

“Some of the fly routes taken by the drone were new compared to previous trajectories to make the matter difficult and confusing for the detection systems in the Israeli army,” the paper said.

It stated  the Jaffa drone warhead was “relatively small and contained several kilograms of explosives,”. This “allowed for a long flight, and the extent of damage limited.”

“The full flight path is still under investigation, but according to preliminary assessments of the Israeli army, the drone passed through Sinai and crossed the Mediterranean Sea off the southern coast,” according to Yedioth Ahronoth.

The explosion occurred at dawn on Friday, about 100 meters from the US Embassy’s branch office complex.

The Yemeni “Ansar Allah” movement – Houthis – stated “the Yemeni Armed Forces’ air force carried out a qualitative military operation targeting one of the important targets in the occupied Jaffa region, the so-called Israeli Tel Aviv.”

The Houthis explained the operation was carried out “with a new drone called “Yafa” capable of bypassing the enemy’s interception systems and being unable to be detected by radars. The operation successfully achieved its goals.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an assessment of the situation after such targeting, with officials confirming “there will be a reaction, and that a response within the territory of Yemen is on the table” according to Jo.24 website.

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