Israel promised a hard reaction after the missile released by militants Houthi in Yemen thwarted his air defense and intervened near the country’s main airport.
“We will intervene seven times on anyone who hurts us,” the Minister of Defense of Israel said Israel Katz on Sunday after the attacks.
The weeks of American air strikes against Houthis, an Iranian militant group that holds areas in Yemen, failed to stop the group’s attacks on Israel. Houthis claims to be acting in solidarity with Palestinians and will continue until the end of Israel in Gaza.
Israeli defensive forces said that the “technical problem” with the interceptor initiated air defense systems prevented the army from shooting down a missile, which after several attempts captured in the Ben Gurion airport.
“Initial findings do not reveal any failure in the detection procedure, interception systems or mechanisms alert on the Homefront command,” IDF said in a statement.
Military spokesman Houthis said the group fired a ballistic missile and warned the airlines of flying to Ben Gurion.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will continue to act against the Houthis and that US operations are carried out in coordination with Israel.
“It’s not one -time and finished,” Netanyahu said in a video published on X.
Most of the missiles started from Yemen in Israel were captured, including one Saturday and two on Friday. Israel has captured dozens of rockets from Yemen since the beginning of the war with a degree of success exceeding 95%, IDF said on Sunday.
Flights in and out of Ben Gurion, as well as train services to the airport and the airport and to Jerusalem, were temporarily suspended.
Several foreign carriers suspended their flights to Israel because of the attack, Kan News reported. Wizz Air Holdings PLC announced that it will stop its service to Israel until Tuesday morning, while Deutsche Lufthansa AG, which includes Swiss, airlines and Brussels airlines, according to Kan. Air India LTD also suspends flights. British Airways IAG SA suspects flights by May 7, AFP reported.
El Al Israel Airlines jumped about 7%. The airline, which operated continuously during the war with Hamas, used because foreign competitors stopped flights to Israel for a long time due to shooting and missile fire from Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen.
Medics treated and evacuated eight people in hospitals. Among the injured, the man was in a mild to medium state in his 1950s; The rest had mild injuries or suffered from anxiety, the emergency services said.
Houthis held Sanaa, Hodeid and other areas since they expelled the Yemeni government ten years ago. In recent years, they have received significant military and technical support from Iran.
With the help of Kateryna Kadabasha.
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