Last Thursday at 5:15am, the Houthis launched missiles towards Central Israel and the greater Jerusalem area.
By Rachel Avraham
The IDF identified shortly before 5:15 a.m. on Thursday morning that a missile was launched from Yemen toward Israeli territory, Arutz Sheva reported. According to the report, the IDF updated that a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted. Arutz Sheva reported that sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol.
JNS reported that the attack triggered air-raid sirens across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, as well as throughout Judea and Samaria, sending millions of civilians rushing to bomb shelters just before dawn.
Yedioth Achronot reported that this is the first alarm to be activated in the Gush Dan region since the end of the war with Iran, and the second time it happened in Jerusalem. According to the report, Magen David Adom reported that no reports of casualties were received. Takeoffs and landings at Ben Gurion Airport were halted following the missile launch, and resumed a short time later, Yedioth Achronot added.
Senior Houthi official Nasr al-Din Amer wrote on the X platform after the launch: “There is no security for the Zionists and the operations will continue until the aggression stops and the siege is lifted from Gaza.”
Iran Wire reported that Yahya Saree, spokesman for the Houthi terror group, said the group conducted “an advanced military operation with a Zolfaghar ballistic missile against Lod Airport [Ben Gurion] in the occupied Jaffa area.” The attack triggered air raid sirens in more than 300 Israeli cities and towns, according to Saree’s statement. He claimed the operation “successfully reached its target” and forced “millions of Zionists to flee to shelters.”
This Houthi attack comes after last Monday, shortly before 3:45 a.m., the IDF identified the launch of missiles from Yemen toward Israeli territory, Arutz Sheva reported. Several minutes later, sirens were sounded in the Dead Sea and Judean Foothills areas, Arutz Sheva added. At 3:57 a.m., the Home Front Command announced that the incident has concluded, Arutz Sheva noted.
Several hours earlier, the Israel Air Force launched a wave of strikes against Houthi-controlled seaports in Yemen, Arutz Sheva reported. According to the report, the operation was named “Black Flag,” during which the IDF dropped approximately 50 missiles and bombs on two ports, a Houthi commercial ship, and a power station.
In recent days, Houthi terrorists sank the Greek ship Eternity C and said that they were holding some of the crew members who are still missing. It was the second Greek ship that the Houthis sank within a week. “We remain deeply concerned for the welfare of the crew members in the custody of the Houthis, as well as for those currently unaccounted for,” Ellie Shafik, head of intelligence with UK-based maritime risk management company Vanguard Tech, told the Jerusalem Post. “Their safety and swift release must be a priority for all involved.” More recently, four people are presumed dead and 11 others are still missing after a Liberian-flagged cargo ship sank in the Red Sea following an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Jerusalem called for “more intense combined attacks against Houthi regime targets — not just [Israeli] air force fighter jet strikes, but also a renewal of American attacks and the formation of a coalition including additional countries,” the Times of Israel reported.
