Houthi rebels have claimed they fired a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv airport as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed back in Israel , following a short visit to the United States.
Houthi rebels claim they fired a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv airport as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was landing back in Israel - and just hours after a series of devastating airstrikes on Beirut resulted in the death of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
His comments came as air raid sirens sounded across central Israel on Saturday afternoon, including in Tel Aviv, in the aftermath of the Houthi attempt. Houthi rebels said the attack on Ben Gurion International airport was timed to coincide with the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
It is understood a missile hit an area in the West Bank, sparking a fire near the Mitzpe Hagit outpost and causing power outages, Times of Israel reports.Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a statement: 'The operation was carried out with a Palestine 2 ballistic missile. ' was not an individual. He was a path and a school of thought and the path will be continued,' Ayatollah Khamenei said in a statement read on state television.
The IDF unrelentingly pounded the Hezbollah headquarters in Dahieh with a barrage of explosives over just a few minutes on Friday. Netanyahu said: 'If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first. The state of Israel killed yesterday Hassan Nasrallah, the arc murderer. 'The elimination of Nasrallah is a necessary condition for the fulfilment of our goals and bringing an equilibrium to our regions,' he said.
He said: 'Citizens of Israel we are at a turning point, a historic turning point. A year ago on October 7 our enemies attacked us and thought Israel was about to be annihilated - a year later blow after blow, achievement after achievement they now understand just how much they dissipated. But pleas for a ceasefire from Western leaders including US President Joe Biden have so far proved unsuccessful, with both Israel and Hezbollah vowing to fight on.
'There was already a humanitarian crisis in Lebanon given that it's been hosting over one million refugees from Syria for over a decade, so it's rapidly escalating into a catastrophe.'
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