SANAA, Mar 21 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis, early this morning, claimed responsibility for a ballistic missile attack on southern Tel Aviv, a Houthi military spokesperson said, in a televised statement.
“In support of the Palestinian people and response to the massacres perpetrated by Israel in the Gaza Strip, our forces carried out a qualitative military operation targeting an Israeli military target south of Tel Aviv, using a hypersonic ballistic missile,” Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Sarea, said in the statement, aired by the al-Masirah TV.
“This is the second operation within 24 hours,” he said, referring to the first ballistic missile attack that the group said was aimed at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, which Israel announced it intercepted.
He reiterated that the group would continue attacks on Israel and its ships, until the war on Gaza ceases and crossings reopen to allow aid in.
Yesterday morning, the Houthis also claimed it had launched strikes against the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, in the northern Red Sea, marking the fifth such strike since Saturday.
In response, the U.S. military has resumed air attacks on Houthi targets since Saturday, claiming its campaign aims to protect international shipping. The new round of U.S. airstrikes has killed dozens of people, according to Houthi-run health authorities.
The Houthis control a large swath of Yemen, including the strategic Hodeidah port and the capital Sanaa, after a civil war broke out in 2014.– NNN-SABA
