File Photo: Image taken from video and released by the Houthis Media Office claims to show the launch of the missile that landed in an open area in central Israel. AFP
The Houthis' military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement posted on X that the group targeted Israel's Nevatim air base with a "hypersonic ballistic missile type Palestine 2".
Israel said it intercepted the missile, after air raid sirens sounded in several areas in Israel's south.
Sirens went off in Beersheba and parts of the Negev desert, according to the Israeli military's Home Front Command.
It was the first reported attack on Israel from Yemen since a ceasefire in the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza came into force on January 19.
The Houthis, who have targeted Israel before, condemned the resumption of the deadly Israeli strikes on Gaza on Tuesday, vowing escalation in support of Palestinians after threatening earlier this month to attack Israeli ships in the Red Sea.
The wave of Israeli strikes in Gaza, by far the deadliest since the truce took effect, killed more than 400 people, including at least 174 children.
The Houthis' supreme political council condemned in a statement "the Zionist enemy's resumption of aggression against the Gaza Strip".
"The Palestinian people will not be left alone in this battle, and Yemen will continue its support and assistance, and escalate confrontation steps," it added.
The Houthis, who control much of the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, fired scores of drones and missiles at Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea during the Gaza war, until calling a halt when a ceasefire started in January.
* This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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