A projectile fired from Yemen struck Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv early Saturday, wounding 16 people, the military and emergency service providers said, the second such attack within days.
The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea for more than a year in what they have described as a campaign in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel’s military launched deadly strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen early Thursday, just hours after the Iran-backed militant group’s latest attack on Israel.
Israel launched two waves of airstrikes on Yemen overnight, killing at least nine people, according to the Houthi-controlled satellite channel al-Masirah
An Ansar Allah source told Newsweek that Israel "represents a danger to Yemen and to various Arab and Islamic countries."
Israel's military said Saturday it had failed to intercept a "projectile" launched from Yemen that landed near Tel Aviv, with the national medical service saying three people were lightly wounded.
Israel has bombed key ports in Yemen as well as the country's capital Sana'a in response to more than a year of missile and drone attacks launched by the country's Houthi rebels, the military said on Thursday.
Israel's military said Saturday it had failed to intercept a "projectile" launched from Yemen that landed in Tel Aviv, with the national medical service saying 16 people were lightly wounded. Magen David Adom (MDA),
In July, the Israeli military struck Hudaydah's port and oil infrastructure after a Houthi drone attack killed one person in Tel Aviv. It bombed Hudaydah again in September after a Houthi missile targeted Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion international airport.
The Israeli military said it had carried out airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday after its air force had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen overnight. The strikes hit military targets belonging to the Houthi militants on the western coast and inland Yemen,
The attack comes less than two days after a series of Israeli air strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebel-held capital Sanaa and port city of Hodeida.