Israel, at UN, warns Houthis risk sharing same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah
Israel says it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, following a ‘final warning’ to Houthis to halt attacks
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations issued what he called a final warning to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt their missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same “miserable fate” as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad if they persisted.
The ambassador, Danny Danon, also warned Tehran that Israel has the ability to strike any target in the Middle East, including in Iran. He added that Israel would not tolerate attacks by Iranian proxies.
But hours later, the Israeli military announced that it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, prompting sirens to sound across the country.
The Houthis targeted Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv and a power station south of Jerusalem using a hypersonic ballistic missile and a Zulfiqar ballistic missile, respectively, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Tuesday.
The Houthis would not end attacks on Israel, Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, the head of the Houthis’ supreme revolutionary committee, said after the Israeli military announced the missile interception.
