Yemen’s Houthis claim missile attack on Israeli airport

SANAA – Yemen’s Houthis claimed that they had attacked Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv with a long-range ballistic missile on Thursday morning.

“The missile force carried out a qualitative military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The operation was carried out by a hypersonic ballistic missile and successfully achieved its goal,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in the statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.

Meanwhile, he claimed that his group early this morning launched a fresh attack against the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea, the fifth time since Saturday, using several ballistic and cruise missiles and drones.

He said the attack on the U.S. aircraft carrier came in revenge for the intensive airstrikes on civilian facilities in the capital Sanaa and several northern provinces since Saturday, when U.S. President Donald Trump announced the resumption of air attacks against the Houthi group to force it to stop attacking Israeli cities, Israeli ships and U.S. warships in the Red Sea.

There were no comments from either Israel or the U.S. side.

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