The Israeli army says it has intercepted a missile from Yemen (archives).
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The Israeli army announced Thursday that it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen. On Monday, she led a series of attacks on the infrastructure of the Houthi rebels in this country.
‘Following the start of warning sirens in several regions of Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted, “said the army on the social network X ago.
The Israeli army had bombed early Monday the port of Hodeida and other areas under the control of the Yemeni insurgents supported by Iran, which had retaliated by missile fire also intercepted.
Since the end of 2023, the Houthis regularly launched missiles to Israel, most of them intercepted before entering Israeli airspace. They also attacked ships considered linked to the Hebrew State, claiming to act in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip where the Israeli army is at war against Hamas.
The Yemeni rebels claimed on Wednesday an attack on a merchant ship in the Red Sea, the second in 24 hours against a boat in this essential seaway for world trade.
On Tuesday, the United States, allies of Israel, accused the Houthis of infringing freedom of navigation in the Red Sea ‘, despite a cease-fire agreement in May with Washington which ended weeks of American bombing of rebel targets in Yemen.
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