Israel intercepts missile launched from Yemen, military says

The Israeli army has intercepted another missile fired at the country from Yemen, the military said early Sunday.

The launch triggered air raid sirens in several parts of the country, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have been regularly firing missiles at Israel since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, claimed responsibility for the attack.

The group said on Sunday it fired two ballistic missiles at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport, after it managed to strike the airport's perimeter for the first time on May 4, injuring several people.

The Houthis, an Iran-backed rebel group that controls large swathes of Yemen, also started attacking international shipping in the Red Sea in the wake of the Gaza war in what it describes as actions of solidarity with Palestinian extremist group Hamas.

The Gaza war was triggered by the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.