The Houthis in Yemen claim responsibility for a hypersonic missile attack against Israel Houthi news

The Israeli army said that the “Palestine 2” missile that sounded the sirens was intercepted in Tel Aviv.

The Yemeni Houthi group said that it launched a missile attack targeting central Israel, and pledged to continue its military operations against the country until the Israeli army ends its attack. The war on Gaza.

The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said in a televised speech that Monday’s operation was carried out using a hypersonic ballistic missile called “Palestine 2.”

The Houthis said that the attack came in response to the “massacres” committed by Israel against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, where Israel has been waging a war for more than a year, killing more than 45,000 people.

The Israeli army said that a missile fired from Yemeni territory was intercepted before it crossed into Israel.

An army spokesman said: “Alerts regarding missile launches were activated due to fears of falling fragments from the interception process.”

Israeli media reported that the missile set off warning sirens across Tel Aviv, Israel’s largest city.

However, the Houthis, who present themselves as Yemen’s official army, said the operation “successfully achieved its objectives” without providing details.

The Iran-allied group said: “The Yemeni armed forces continue to carry out their military operations and strike all targets linked to the Israeli enemy in the occupied territories, and these operations will not stop until the aggression against Gaza stops and the siege is lifted.” He said.

Israel has placed the Gaza Strip under a stifling siege that has caused food shortages Deadly hunger In the region.

Last week, a Yemeni drone bombed a building in the city of Yavneh, near Tel Aviv.

The Houthis continued their attacks against Israel even after the ceasefire in Lebanon went into effect on November 27, putting an end to another “support front” in Gaza by the Iran-aligned Hezbollah.

The Houthis and Hezbollah are part of the “axis of resistance” led by Tehran.

In addition to launching missiles and drones at Israel, the Houthis have done so Carrying out attacks On shipping in and around the Red Sea in a campaign they say is in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.

Over the past year, the Houthis targeted dozens of ships with missiles and drones, killing four sailors and sinking two ships. The crew of one ship – Galaxy Leader, a British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship Captured in November 2023 – He remains detained in Yemen.

Meanwhile, the United States is leading a military coalition bombing Houthi targets in Yemen, but this has not deterred Houthi attacks. Israel has it too Air strikes were carried out on areas under the organization’s control.

United Nations experts and human rights groups accused Israel of this Committing genocide In Gaza.