Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Israel as Gaza war rages
The Iran-backed forces said the missile and drone attack was a response to “Israeli aggression.”
The Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen attacked Israel on Tuesday, demonstrating the potential for the war in the Gaza Strip to spread throughout the region.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sare’e confirmed that his forces launched missiles and drones toward Israel. In a video statement broadcast by Al Jazeera Arabic, Sare’e said such attacks will continue “until the Israeli aggression stops.”
Earlier, Prime Minister of the Houthi government in Yemen Abdelaziz bin Habtour told Agence France-Presse that the group fired drones toward Eilat in southern Israel in retaliation for the war against Hamas.
The Israel Defense Forces announced that its Arrow missile defense system intercepted a missile launched toward Israel from the Red Sea and that Israeli jets struck hostile targets in the Red Sea. The threats did not penetrate Israeli airspace, according to the IDF. Israel’s public broadcaster Kan reported that Israel is considering whether and how to respond.
