Yemenis lift flags of Yemen and Palestine during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians and the Gaza Strip and in condemnation of Israel and the US, in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa. AFP
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group targeted Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv with "two ballistic missiles", vowing to continue strikes until the "siege is lifted" on Gaza, where Israel has been waging war for 19 months.
Earlier, the Israeli military said it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen.
"A missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted", the Israeli military said in a statement, adding that air raid sirens had sounded in several areas of the country.
The Yemeni group has regularly fired missiles and drones at Israel since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023.
Earlier this month, a Houthi missile struck the area of the Tel Aviv airport, gouging a hole near its main terminal building and wounding several people in a rare penetration of Israeli air defences.
On Friday, Israel bombed the Houthi-held Red Sea ports of Hodeida and Salif following three missile attacks in as many days. It threatened to target the Houthi leadership if the attacks continued.
In response to the strike that landed near Ben Gurion, Israel has struck the airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa and three nearby power stations.
The Huthis, who control swathes of Yemen, have also targeted Israeli-linked Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war, in solidarity with Palestinians.
Their attacks on the vital shipping route drew retaliatory strikes by the United States, which in early May sealed a ceasefire with the group that did not include Israel.
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