Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned Yemen’s Houthi rebels will pay “a heavy price” after their missiles reached central Israel on Sunday for the first time.
The Iran-aligned group controls northern Yemen and claimed responsibility for the attack.
A military spokesman said the new hypersonic missile travelled over 2000 kilometres in only 11 and a half minutes.
Netanyahu said, “They should have known by now that we charge a heavy price for any attempt to harm us.”
The Israel Defence Force says it was intercepted by rockets from the Iron Dome, with no direct casualties.
However, a railway station and open ground near Israel’s main international airport were damaged.
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Yemen rebels said the attack was carried out in solidarity with Palestine and that it was just the “beginning.”
A spokesperson said, “It forced more than two million Zionists to run to shelters for the first time in the enemy’s history.”
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