Yemen Houthis report a dozen strikes charged to the United States

The Houthis accused the United States on Monday of a dozen strikes on the capital of Yemen on Monday and its surroundings, a few hours after a missile shot claimed by pro-Iranian rebels against Tel Aviv airport, to which Israel promised to retaliate.

At dawn on Monday, the Houthis, rebels supported by Tehran who control large sides of Yemen, said that a dozen strikes attributed to Washington had targeted Sanaa.

Fourteen citizens were injured in the American attack on rue d’Arbaeen in [le quartier de] Saawan From Sanaa, said the rebels news agency, Saba, citing their Ministry of Health.

The Houthis had previously claimed an unprecedented attack targeting Ben-Gourion airport in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

This missile shot occurred a few hours before the Israeli army confirmed the recall of tens of thousands of reservists in order to expand its offensive against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

We have targeted Ben-Gourion airport with a hypersonic ballistic missile that has successfully reached its targetannounced the Houthis, who regularly draw missiles on Israel in the name of the defense of the Palestinians of Gaza.

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They assured that they were counting again target Israeli airportsin particular Ben-Gourion.

Israel promises a response

The attacks of the Houthis emanate from Iran. Israel will respond to [cette] Attack of Houthis (…) in due time and in a place chosen by us, to their Iranian masterssaid Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said.

We acted against [les Houthis] In the past and we will act in the future (…). It won’t go in a single boom, but there will be a lot of boyshe hammered.

It’s the first time that a missile strikes directly inside the perimeter of the airport, said to theAFP An Israeli military spokesperson.

The army confirmed that the impact caused a crater just a few hundred meters from the main terminal had been caused by the missile from Yemen and not by one of the interceptor missiles drawn without success by Israeli defense systems.

After investigation, the army said that there had been No detection and interception failure But a Technical problem of the interceptor.

According to an AFP photographer, the missile fell into an area planted with trees next to an access ramp for terminal 3 parking lots.

The Israeli aid reported six light injured.

Allies of Hamas, the Houthis have claimed dozens of missile and drone attacks against Israel, including shots towards the airport, since the start of the war in Gaza. Almost all of these shots were intercepted.

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What happened this morning had not happened for a long time. Several months ago, we had rockets [tirées par le Hamas] fallen near the airport, but today we escaped it beautifulsaid to theAFP An Israeli framework working for a foreign airline.

A strong detonation was heard inside Terminal 3, according to a journalist from theAFP.

Airlines cancel their flights

Air traffic resumed after a brief interruption. Lufthansa and Air India nevertheless suspended their flights to Tel Aviv until May 6 and British Airways until May 7. Air France canceled its Sunday flights.

The Houthis called on Sunday evening All international airlines to take their threats to new strikes seriously by canceling their flights to enemy airports Israeli.

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After a two-month suspension, the Houthis resumed their missile shots on Israel and their attacks against ships which they consider linked to Israel off Yemen with the break of the Truce in the Gaza Strip on March 18, while the United States has intensified since Donald Trump’s return to power the air campaign targeting them.

The Ezzedine al-Qassam brigades, the army branch of Hamas, praised this attack Screwing the most advanced defense systems in the world and hitting its targets with precision.

According to Israeli media, the meeting of the security firm, whose decisions are generally not made public, must also examine an expansion of the offensive in Gaza, where Israeli strikes killed 16 Palestinians on Sunday.

The goal is to bring our [otages] And to defeat Hamas [dont] We (…) will destroy all the infrastructure, on the surface as undergroundsaid Lieutenant-General Eyal Zamir, chief of staff.

The attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023 led to the death of 1218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official figures. Of the 251 people kidnapped, 58 are still retained in Gaza, 34 of which died according to the Israeli army.

The Israeli offensive led in retaliation left at least 52,535 dead in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to figures from the Ministry of Health of Hamas, deemed reliable by theHim.