SANAA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi military group said it launched a new missile attack on the Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel on Tuesday morning, which was reportedly intercepted by Israeli defense systems.
The Houthis fired a "hypersonic ballistic missile" targeting the Israeli airport in support of the Palestinian people, the group's military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
Sarea said that the Houthi group would continue launching attacks against Israel until the war and blockade on Gaza stop.
The Houthi group, which controls much of northern Yemen, has been firing missiles and drones towards Israeli targets since November 2023 to show solidarity with besieged Palestinians in Gaza. ■
