Missile fired from Yemen falls on Israel, 16 injured – DW – 12/21/2024
Israeli emergency services said Saturday that 16 people were injured when a rocket fired from Yemen overnight hit Tel Aviv. According to the Israeli military, the attempt to intercept the rocket had failed.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels later claimed responsibility for the attack, their second in as many days. He said it was carried out with a ballistic missile and aimed at “a military target of the Israeli enemy.”
Israeli rescue service Magen David Adom reported that 16 people suffered minor injuries caused by broken windows and were being treated medically.
Houthi attack on Israel
The Iran-backed Houthis have launched repeated rocket attacks on Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians since the Gaza war began a year ago, most of which have been intercepted.
Saturday’s attack came just two days after Houthi rebels fired a missile at Israel, damaging a school. In return, Israel bombed ports in Yemen and the country’s capital, Sanaa.
according to israel time According to the newspaper, the Houthis have fired about 200 rockets and 170 drones at Israel in the last 12 months. The Houthis have also attacked ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Netanyahu vowed results
Immediately after responding to Thursday’s attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Houthis of facing serious consequences.
“After Hamas, Hezbollah and the Assad regime in Syria, the Houthis are almost the last remaining arm of Iran’s axis of evil,” he said in a statement. “The Houthis are learning, and will learn the hard way, that those who attack Israel will pay a very heavy price for it.”
dh/sms (AFP, AP, dpa)