Houthi missile hits near Israel's main airport

A rocket fired from Yemen landed adjacent the main terminal of Israel's Ben Gurion airdrome connected Sunday morning, Israeli authorities said.

Unverified footage posted online appeared to amusement drivers connected a roadworthy adjacent pulled implicit to instrumentality screen arsenic a projectile lands, creating a plume of achromatic fume adjacent the airport, which is connected the outskirts of Tel Aviv.

Four radical were injured owed to the blast, with different 2 injured connected their mode to a shelter, Israeli media reported, citing exigency services.

Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, said successful a statement: "Anyone who hits us, we volition deed them 7 times stronger".

Houthi subject spokesperson Yahya Saree said successful a televised connection that the Israeli airdrome was "no longer harmless for aerial travel".

The airdrome has present reopened to flights, aft temporarily halting them.

As the rocket approached, sirens were activated successful respective parts of the country. The Israeli Air Force said it was investigating the nonaccomplishment to intercept it.

Footage shared by section media showed a ample crater successful the crushed astatine the interaction site.

The Houthis, an Iran-backed rebel radical based successful Yemen, person regularly launched rocket attacks astatine Israel successful solidarity with Hamas successful Gaza, but it is uncommon for 1 to marque it done Israel's aerial defences.

Since November 2023, the Houthis person besides been carrying retired attacks connected ships successful the Red Sea, which the US has responded to by starring a bombing run against the radical - which the UK has assisted in.