US strikes on Yemen continue after Houthi missile hits by Israeli airport; terror group vows 'aerial blockade'

The U.S. has reportedly launched a caller circular of airstrikes successful Yemen aft the Iran-backed Houthis claimed work for a rocket that landed adjacent Israel's main airport connected Sunday. 

The Houthi-controlled authorities quality bureau successful Yemen reported that "American aggression" was down respective strikes connected the capital, Sanaa, connected Monday. At slightest 16 radical were wounded, according to New Arab.

Since March 15, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) "has conducted an aggravated and sustained run targeting the Houthi violent enactment successful Yemen to reconstruct state of navigation and American deterrence," a U.S. Defense authoritative told Fox News Digital connected Monday. "We volition proceed to summation the unit and further disintegrate Houthi capabilities arsenic agelong arsenic they proceed to impede state of navigation."

Earlier Monday, Yemen’s Houthis vowed to proceed attacks connected Israeli airports aft the rocket concisely halted flights and commuter postulation astatine Israel’s main planetary airdrome adjacent Tel Aviv. The Houthis issued a informing to airlines that they would transportation retired "repeated targeting" of Ben Gurion Airport, Israel’s main gateway to the world. 

The Houthis had already threatened precocious Sunday to instrumentality "a broad aerial blockade" connected Israel arsenic Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet was acceptable to ballot to grow warring successful Gaza. 

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Displaced Yemenis load bags of nutrient and supplies to conscionable their basal needs connected their motorcycle successful the occidental state of Hodeida connected May 4, 2025. (KHALED ZIAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Netanyahu said the U.S. was supporting Israeli operations against the Houthis. In a aboriginal statement, helium added Israel would respond to the Houthis "AND, astatine a clip and spot of our choosing, to their Iranian panic masters."

The U.S. subject nether President Donald Trump has been carrying retired an intensified run of regular airstrikes targeting the Houthis since March 15.

USCENTCOM said successful its astir caller statement connected April 27 that its forces person "conducted an aggravated and sustained run targeting the Houthi violent enactment successful Yemen to reconstruct state of navigation and American deterrence" since March 15. "These operations person been executed utilizing elaborate and broad quality ensuring lethal effects against the Houthis portion minimizing hazard to civilians," USCENTCOM said. 

USCENTCOM said the strikes "have destroyed aggregate command-and-control facilities, aerial defence systems, precocious weapons manufacturing facilities, and precocious weapons retention locations." 

"While the Houthis person continued to onslaught our vessels, our operations person degraded the gait and effectiveness of their attacks. Ballistic rocket launches person dropped by 69%. Additionally, attacks from 1 mode onslaught drones person decreased by 55%," USCENTCOM added. "U.S. strikes destroyed the quality of Ras Isa Port to judge substance which volition statesman to interaction Houthi quality to not lone behaviour operations, but besides to make millions of dollars successful gross for their panic activities."

Travelers locomotion toward Ben Gurion Airport aft main roadworthy entrances to the installation were closed by Israeli constabulary successful effect to a rocket launched from Yemen connected May 4, 2025. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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"Iran undoubtedly continues to supply enactment to the Houthis. The Houthis tin lone proceed to onslaught our forces with the backing of the Iranian regime," USCENTCOM said. "We volition proceed to ratchet up the unit until the nonsubjective is met, which remains the restoration of state of navigation and American deterrence successful the region."

The Houthis person been firing astatine Israel since the warfare against Hamas successful Gaza began aft the Oct. 7, 2023, violent attacks, raising their illustration arsenic the past subordinate of Iran's self-described "Axis of Resistance" susceptible of launching regular attacks connected Israel. 

Their missiles person mostly been intercepted, though immoderate person penetrated Israel's rocket defence systems, causing damage.

The Israeli subject said Sunday was the archetypal clip a rocket struck the airdrome grounds since the Israel-Hamas warfare began. Initial findings indicated the apt origin was a method contented with the interceptor, they said.

Israeli exigency services wide a roadworthy extracurricular Israel's Ben Gurion Airport aft a rocket launched from Yemen struck adjacent the installation connected May 4, 2025. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s exigency aesculapian work Magen David Adom said 4 radical were lightly wounded successful the blast. Another 2 radical were reportedly wounded portion connected their mode to shelter, the BBC reported. 

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Multiple planetary airlines canceled oregon postponed flights. The warfare with Hamas successful Gaza and past Hezbollah successful Lebanon led a question of airlines to suspend flights to Israel, but galore person resumed successful caller months.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.