By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTTON – Yemen’s Houthis, in a statement on issued on Monday claimed responsibility for launching missile attacks towards Israel in the past 24 hours.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a televised statement, aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV said “In support of the Palestinian and Iranian peoples, and in response to the crime of starvation and thirst perpetrated by the Zionist enemy against our brothers in the Gaza Strip, the Yemeni Armed Forces’ missile force (Houthi missile force) carried out a military operation targeting sensitive Israeli enemy targets in the occupied Tel Aviv area, using many hypersonic ballistic missiles at various times over the past 24 hours,” media reported.
“This operation was coordinated with the operations carried out by the Iranian army and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard against the criminal Israeli enemy,” Sarea said.
The Houthi military spokesperson vowed that his group would continue to launch missile attacks against Israel until “the war and blockade on Gaza end”, media said.
Israeli Defense Forces reported on social media platform X that “projectiles” fired from Yemen triggered sirens across Israel.
The IDF gave no details on whether the “projectiles” were intercepted or not, as the Houthi missile attacks occurred at the same time as the Iranian missile attack waves on Tel Aviv. Footage videos filmed by Israeli residents showed many missiles hitting targets in several Israeli cities.
Yemen-based Houthi group controls northern Yemen has been launching missile and drone attacks against Israeli targets since November 2023 to show solidarity with Palestinians after the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Sanaa heard a loud explosion as a strike hit a house in southern Sanaa.
Israeli TV 12 reported that an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Sanaa, targeted what the Israeli television said was a “secret meeting of Houthi military leaders.”
There were no official comments from the Houthis on the Israeli airstrike on the house in Sanaa.
