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Israeli attack on Sana’a airport in Yemen
Israeli attack on an airport in Yemen where the director of the World Health Organization was located triggered increased tension between Israel and the Yemeni rebel group. Guterres denounces the “alarming” situation.
The Israeli army announced today that it intercepted a missile coming from Yemen this morning, one day after attacks launched by Israel against different Yemeni infrastructure under control of Huthi rebels.
Anti-aircraft sirens sounded in several parts of central Israel “due to the possible fall of debris from the interception”, indicated the statement, which does not provide details about the specific point where the missile was shot down.
The Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom indicated that, although there were no victims or injuries as a direct consequence of the missile shoot down, 18 people were injured when trying to reach air raid shelters.
The missile launch It also temporarily affected operations at Israel’s most important airportBen Gurion, located 45 kilometers from Jerusalem.
According to the official press, four flights from Europe had to briefly postpone their landing.
At least six people died and 40 were injured following Israeli attacks against different infrastructures in Yemen, under the control of the Huthi rebels, on Thursday.
The attack launched by Israeli aviation hit infrastructure used by the Huthis at Sana’a airport, at the Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power plants and other positions in the west coast ports of Hodeida, Salif and Ras Kanatib, according to an Israeli military statement.
According to , the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesusstated that he was just meters from the attack on the airport.
The spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterresstated: “The Secretary-General condemns the escalation between Yemen and Israel. Today’s Israeli airstrikes against Sana’a international airport, Red Sea ports and power plants in Yemen are especially alarming“.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayahu promised today that Israel will attack the Huthis in Yemen “until the mission” of neutralizing them “is completed”describing them as “Iran’s terrorist arm”, following the bombing of military targets in the country.
The Israeli attacks against the rebels in Yemen, allies of Tehran, calling them “crime”.
According to Tel Aviv, the targets were being used by smuggle Iranian weapons to the region and as a gateway for senior officials of the Iranian regime.
Since November 2023, a month after the start of the war in Gaza, the Huthis, allies of Iran, have attacked ships, mainly in the Red Sea, and targets in Israel, taking advantage of Yemen’s strategic position.
These actions continued despite their positions being bombed on several occasions by the United States, Israel and the United Kingdom.
Yemen’s Huthi rebels on Wednesday claimed three new attacks on the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashkelon with a hypersonic ballistic missile and two drones, despite Israeli warnings of respond “strongly” to these actions.
