Houthis: We struck Israel with hypersonic ballistic missile
The Iran-aligned Houthis who control northern Yemen hit central Israel with a missile for the first time on Sunday and promised more strikes to come in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group struck with a new hypersonic ballistic missile that travelled 2,040 km (1270 miles) in just 11 1/2 minutes. Israel’s military said the missile fell in an open area and nobody was hurt.
Air raid sirens had sounded in Tel Aviv and across central Israel moments before the missile landed at around 6:35 a.m. local time (0335 GMT), sending residents running for shelter. Loud booms were heard, which the military said came from missile interceptors. “Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in central Israel, a surface-to-surface missile was identified crossing into central Israel from the east and fell in an open area. No injuries were reported,” the Israeli military said. Previously, Houthi missiles have not penetrated deep into Israeli air space, with the only one reported to have hit Israeli territory falling in an open area near the Red Sea port of Eilat in March. Apart from missiles, the Houthis have also attacked Israel with drones, including one that hit Tel Aviv for the first time in July, killing a man and wounding four people. That attack prompted Israeli air strikes on Houthi military targets near the port of Hodeidah that killed six and wounded 80. Israel should expect more strikes in the future “as we approach the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 operation, including responding to its aggression on the city of Hodeidah,” Sarea said.
The deputy head of the Houthi’s media office, Nasruddin Amer, said in a post on X on Sunday that the missile had reached Israel after “20 missiles failed to intercept” it, describing it as the “beginning”.
The Israeli military also said that 40 projectiles were fired towards Israel from Lebanon on Sunday and were either intercepted or landed in open areas. “No injuries were reported,” the military said. NN: This weapon the Fattah is a Iranian built hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile unveiled in 2023. It is Iran’s first hypersonic ballistic missile. And this is its first deployment in the Middle East According to Iran, it can maneuver in and out of the atmosphere, and is capable of bypassing missile defenses. Israel shot over 20 rockets at it. From all 3 of its anti missal defense systems and did not come close o hitting it
Netanyahu: Anyone hitting Israel won’t escape our reach
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underlined on Sunday at a weekly cabinet meeting that anyone who strikes the country and its forces “will not escape our reach.” “The Houthis should have known by now that we exact a heavy price for any attempt to harm us. Those who need a reminder are welcome to visit the port of Hodeida,” he remarked. “We are in a multi-front campaign against Iran’s axis of evil, which is striving for our destruction,” Netanyahu stressed. His comments come following new Houthi threats. Previously, Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said the militant group’s hypersonic ballistic missile managed to go undetected by Israeli defense systems, striking the Jaffa area. Saree further warned more such operations would be carried out in the near future. NN: This lame response coming within a half hour of the attack shows how worried Israel is…. as it should be. Their is no way to evacuate Tele Aviv.