SANAA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi military spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday that the group had launched a ballistic missile towards Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel, which was reportedly intercepted by Israel's defense systems earlier in the day.
The Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement broadcast by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV that the attack "has achieved its goal."
The strike was in response to the ongoing Israeli war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, Sarea said, vowing the group would continue launching ballistic missile attacks towards Israel and Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea until what he said "the Israeli aggression on Gaza stops and the blockade is lifted."
Earlier in the day, the Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel in the early hours of Thursday, after air raid sirens sounded in several areas, including Tel Aviv.
Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said it had received no reports of injuries.
The attack came a few hours after the Houthi armed forces released a video late Wednesday, showing the group's attack and sinking of the Eternity C, a Greek-owned bulk carrier in the Red Sea, marking the second vessel the group says it has sunk within four days. ■
