(Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Wednesday it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, as sirens were activated in Tel Aviv and several other areas across the country. Yemen’s Houthis later claimed responsibility, saying they fired two ballistic missiles at Tel Aviv in what they said was an initial response to Israeli attacks on Yemen. […]
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Israeli military intercepts missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthis
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(Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Wednesday it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, as sirens were activated in Tel Aviv and several other areas across the country.
Yemen’s Houthis later claimed responsibility, saying they fired two ballistic missiles at Tel Aviv in what they said was an initial response to Israeli attacks on Yemen.
“This morning … a field examination concluded that the Houthi terrorist regime used a cluster surface-to-surface missile”, the military said in a statement late on Wednesday.
The Houthis later claimed responsibility for another missile launch which was also intercepted by the Israeli military.
The Iran-backed Houthis have been launching missiles and drones thousands of kilometres north towards Israel, in what the group says are acts of solidarity with the Palestinians.
Israel has retaliated by bombing Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, including the vital Hodeidah port. Its latest blow killed senior Houthi officials, including the head of the government.
The Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, have also been attacking vessels in the Red Sea since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023.
(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah, Tala Ramadan, Jana Choukeir and Yomna Ehab; Editing by Andrew Heavens Bernadette Baum, Ros Russell and Alistair Bell)