Close call: Civilian plane narrowly escapes Houthi missile intercepted mid-air - Video

A Houthi ballistic rocket launched astatine Israeli civilians astir struck a civilian level connected Tuesday evening. The rocket was intercepted by Israeli aerial defenses, preventing a imaginable wide casualty lawsuit instigated by Iranian-backed terrorists, claimed the Israeli warfare room.

"A Houthi ballistic rocket launched astatine Israeli civilians astir deed a civilian plane.

If not for the competence of Israeli aerial defenses, determination could person been a wide casualty lawsuit caused by Iranian-backed terrorists," it said successful a station connected X, portion sharing a video.In the video, the level tin beryllium seen flying distant conscionable moments earlier the missiles were intercepted.

The Israeli subject stated that the missiles fired from Yemen, were intercepted aft breaking into aggregate fragments upon interaction with an interceptor. Consequently, the Israeli Air Force deployed further interceptors to neutralise the debris. At slightest 7 interceptors were launched during the operation. In erstwhile instances, partially intercepted Houthi missiles person resulted successful casualties erstwhile intact warheads fell to the ground. The Houthis, an Iran-backed group, claimed work for the attack, announcing the motorboat of 2 ballistic missiles targeting Ben Gurion Airport successful cardinal Israel.

According to a subject authoritative quoted by The Times of Israel, the 2nd rocket either fell abbreviated oregon disintegrated successful the air, accordant with respective Houthi projectiles successful caller weeks. The rocket onslaught triggered sirens soon earlier 8 p.m. crossed cardinal Israel, the Jerusalem area, confederate West Bank settlements, and selected regions successful confederate Israel. Two minutes anterior to the sirens, an aboriginal informing was sent to residents done propulsion notifications connected their phones, alerting them to the long-range rocket threat.

The Israel Defence Forces issued a connection regarding the incoming onslaught astir 5 minutes earlier the sirens activated. No injuries were reported from the attack. Debris from the intercepted rocket and interceptors landed adjacent Jerusalem and successful the West Bank, causing nary important damage. Then connected Tuesday morning, the Israeli Navy conducted its first-ever onslaught connected Yemen by destroying infrastructure astatine the Hodeida port.

The cognition progressive 2 guided missiles launched from precocious Sa’ar 6-class corvettes positioned hundreds of kilometres away. This enactment marked the 11th Israeli onslaught against the Houthis since the struggle began, with the erstwhile 10 strikes executed by the Air Force. The Houthis, whose slogan proclaims “Death to America, Death to Israel, [and] a Curse connected the Jews,” initiated attacks connected Israel and maritime postulation successful November 2023, a period pursuing the October 7 Hamas massacre.

The radical ceased its attacks erstwhile a ceasefire was established betwixt Israel and Hamas successful January 2025. By that time, the Houthis had launched implicit 40 ballistic missiles and galore drones and cruise missiles astatine Israel, including 1 that caused civilian casualties successful Tel Aviv successful July, triggering Israel’s archetypal onslaught successful Yemen.

Since March 18, erstwhile the Israel Defence Forces resumed their violative against Hamas successful the Gaza Strip aft a impermanent ceasefire, the Houthis person launched 48 ballistic missiles and astatine slightest 11 drones astatine Israel, with respective of the missiles failing to scope their targets.