Breaking: Houthi Claims Hypersonic Rocket Strike on Tel Aviv‘s Ben Gurion Airport
In a significant development, the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthi, has asserted that it launched a hypersonic rocket attack on Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The claim was made in a statement released on Friday, December 27, 2024.
"Yemen‘s Armed Forces’ Rocketry and Missiles Forces have carried out a special military operation targeting the occupied Ben Gurion Airport in the Yaffa region using hypersonic ballistic missiles of the ‘Palestine2’ type," the Houthis declared. They further asserted that the rocket mission successfully hit its target despite enemy countermeasures, causing casualties and disrupting navigation at the airport.
Simultaneously, the Houthi group claimed an attack on the cargo ship, Santa Ursula, which was reportedly en route to Israel. According to their statement, "our Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) forces conducted a military operation targeting the ship in the eastern Arabian Sea, near Socotra Island. The ship was targeted due to its breach of the blockade on occupied Palestinian ports."
These developments follow recent tensions in the region, including Israeli cabinet ministers’ repeated incursions into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex.
While the Israeli government is yet to respond to these claims, the alleged attacks underscore the escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Stay tuned for further developments.
