Yemen’s Houthis hit Tel Aviv, Israel, with missile
Al JazeeraLatest tit-for-tat attack follows Israeli air strikes on Sanaa and Hodeidah, which killed nine people earlier this week. The military reported the attack on its Telegram channel on Saturday, stating that “one projectile launched from Yemen” was identified after sirens went off in “central Israel” and that “unsuccessful interception attempts were made”. A spokesperson for Yemen’s Houthis confirmed the group had hit a “military target” in the Jaffa area with a ballistic missile. The Houthi attack on Israel came after the latter’s air strikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the port city of Hodeidah on Thursday, which killed at least nine people. The Houthis later claimed Thursday’s attempted attack, saying they had fired ballistic missiles at “two specific and sensitive military targets … in the occupied Yaffa area”, referring to the Jaffa district of Tel Aviv.