Yemen launches missile attack on Israel for second time in hours
Yemeni forces have conducted a “successful” missile attack on Israel, the second of its kind in the past hours, in defiance of the US strikes.
In a statement on Friday, Yemen’s Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced that “the missile unit of the Yemeni Armed Forces conducted a military operation against a vital target of the Israeli enemy in the occupied Haifa area, using a hypersonic ballistic missile” in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
The missile, “the second in hours,” hit its target “successfully,” forcing settlers to run to shelters, the statement added.
The Yemeni Armed Forces also urged the Arab and Muslim nations to “fulfill their religious, moral and humanitarian duties towards the oppressed Palestinian people and to take urgent action in all countries to stop the war of extermination and end the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip.”
The statement stressed that Yemen will continue to conduct pro-Gaza operations and prevent Israeli ships from navigating in the Red and Arabian Seas until the end of the war and the siege, noting that the US aggression has “failed” to lift the Yemeni ban.
Saree made the remarks in a weekly pro-Gaza protest in the capital, Sana’a.
Earlier on Friday, Saree said the Yemeni forces “carried out a military operation targeting the Israeli enemy’s Ramat David Airbase”, near the occupied Haifa area, using a “Palestine-2” hypersonic ballistic missile.
“The missile successfully reached its target, thanks to God, and the interceptor systems failed to intercept it,” the statement added.
The Yemeni attacks took place hours after the US launched a strike on Yemen in an attempt to stop the country’s pro-Gaza operations, leaving three people injured.
Since the onset of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Yemeni forces have carried out scores of operations in support of the war-hit Gazans, striking targets throughout the occupied Palestinian territories, in addition to targeting Israeli ships or vessels heading towards ports in the occupied territories.
In support of Israel, the US announced the formation of a maritime task force in the Red Sea in December 2023 to protect the passage of vessels bound for the Israeli-occupied territories.
The Yemeni forces responded by ramping up their strikes against strategic and sensitive Israeli and American targets, including the US warships and aircraft carriers that are deployed off Yemen’s coastline.
