Missile from Yemen strikes Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, disrupting air traffic

Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv was reportedly closed today due to a Yemeni missile strike, the Hebrew media reported. The incident caused damage and injured a number of Israelis.

“We targeted Ben Gurion Airport, using a hypersonic ballistic missile that successfully hit its target,” military spokesman Yehya Sariee said in a statement aired by Yemen’s al-Masirah satellite channel.

“American and Israeli defense systems failed to intercept the missile,” he affirmed.

Sariee noted that the armed forces also launched a drone attack Saturday night on a “vital target” in Ashkelon City, southern Israel.

He stressed that Yemen’s armed forces would launch more counterattacks against Israel until “the war against the Gaza Strip stops and the humanitarian aid is allowed into the Palestinian enclave.”

On Sunday, the Israeli occupation army reported on social media that sirens sounded across central Israel after a missile was fired from Yemen. The attack prompted millions of residents to flee to shelters and safe rooms in the morning hours.

According to a video released by the Israeli police on social media, the explosion caused by the Yemeni missile left a crater measuring several meters in depth and width in an area inside Ben Gurion Airport.

Police footage showed the missile hitting a road leading to Terminal 3, the airport’s main terminal for international travel, with a large cloud of black smoke rising overhead.