Huthis say fired missile at Israel

TDT | Sanaa

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Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels said they fired a ballistic missile towards Israel yesterday, in response to Israel’s conduct towards Palestinians during the Gaza war.

In Israel, warning sirens sounded in several areas, before the army announced the “missile was most likely successfully intercepted”.

It was the first missile launch against Israel announced by the Huthis since the June 24 ceasefire between Israel and Iran which followed their 12- day war.

In a statement, rebel military spokesman Yahya Saree said the Huthis had fired at a “sensitive Israeli enemy target in the occupied area of Beersheba using a Dhu al-Fiqar ballistic missile”.

The attack was in “response to the crimes of the criminal Zionist enemy against civilians in the Gaza Strip”, Saree added.