This morning, Houthi rebels in Yemen fired a hypersonic ballistic missile that traveled nearly 1,300 miles and exploded over central Israel. This is the first time the Iran-backed terrorist group has been able to send ordnance that far into Israeli airspace.
Benjamin Netanyahu: "The Houthis should have known by now that we are charging a heavy price for any attempt to harm us.”
— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) September 15, 2024
I think it’s time to show them again what the Israeli Air Force is capable of in Yemen.
Don’t you agree? pic.twitter.com/tO4WthSxA8
Israeli officials announced that the missile most likely disintegrated in the air, thanks to Israel’s Iron Dome. Fragments of the ordnance landed in empty fields and near a train station. No casualties were reported.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel will inflict a “heavy price” on the Houthis for the attack.
Prime Minister Netanyahu just issued a clear threat: anyone who attacks Israel will PAY a heavy price.
— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) September 15, 2024
After a missile from Yemen hit Israeli territory, he warned the Houthis—and anyone else thinking of striking—that Israel’s response will be powerful! pic.twitter.com/nhmRchNSmS
Netanyahu referenced the Hodeida Port retaliation—a port in northern Yemen under Houthi control that IDF forces struck in July after a Houthi drone strike in Tel Aviv killed a man and injured four.
Israel also announced that 40 rockets were launched from Lebanon Sunday morning; these were either shot down or landed in open fields. No injuries were reported.
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