Gaza War: Huthi rocket fired on Israel: impact at the airport

In the event of a rocket attack on Israel, the Huthi militia in Yemen first hit the area of ​​international airport at Tel Aviv. The Israeli army confirmed that an impact was identified near Ben Gurion Airport. According to the emergency services, David Adom stomachs were injured. Israel threatened a hard counter strike.

The Huthi militia supported by Iran in Yemen claimed the attack for himself. They would have targeted the airport with a ballistic hyper -shed rocket, it said in an explanation. The rocket type used by the Huthi could not be confirmed independently. The Huthi asked international airlines to avoid the airport for security reasons. Among other things, the Lufthansa Group hired its flights from and to Israel, initially until Tuesday.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started urgent security advice for the afternoon in view of the attack. Before that, he announced “beats” against the Huthi in a video message. In the evening, the Israeli security cabinet also wanted to advise on an expansion of the attacks in the Gaza Strip.

The storey could not intercept the rocket defense

Despite several attempts, the rocket could not be stopped by Israel’s missile defense. On social media videos showed how smoke rose and people react panically at the airport. In numerous areas of Israel, warning sirens cry during the attack, including in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Air traffic was temporarily interrupted and the access roads to the airport were temporarily closed. Ben Gurion is Israel’s largest and most important international airport.

Defense Minister announces hard reaction

Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened after the attack with a counter -strike that is said to be many times harder. “Anyone who attacks us will strike back seven times,” said Katz, apparently based on the Bible.

The chairman of the so-called Supreme Political Council of the Huthi-Miliz, Mahdi al-Mashat, threatened with an expansion of the attacks, should the war continue in the Gaza Strip. He announced “further escalation options” if the Israeli attacks were not stopped, as the Huthi-close TV station al-Masirah reported.

Israel’s army has not attacked any destinations in Yemen for around four months – probably in coordination with the United States, whose military has repeatedly bombed goals of the Huthi militia since March.

A taxi driver named Yossi, who was at Ben Gurion Airport, told the Israeli news portal “Ynet”: “It was a rocket alarm and immediately afterwards an incredibly loud bang. There was no time to run off and search for a shelter in Terminal 3.” It was immediately clear that the rocket was hit nearby. “Everything flows, small stones flew through the air. There was great panic.”

Since Israel’s army resumed the attacks in the Gaza Strip on March 18, the Huthi militia has also been firing with the Islamist Hamas regularly shot towards Israel. The motto of the Huthi reads: “God is great, death America, death of Israel, curse over the Jews, victory to Islam.”

Huthi attack comes before the planned tightening of the Gaza offensive

The Huthi had recently strengthened their attacks on Israel. Sunday was already the third day in a row when attacks with rockets or drones from Yemen were reported to the Jewish state.

With regard to the Gaza War, Prime Minister Netanyahu is said to have in principle approved plans for the expansion of the attacks before a planned meeting of the security cabinet.

The Israeli chief of staff Ejal Zamir, meanwhile, confirmed the massive mobilization of reservists to expand the attacks in the Gaza War. “This week we send tens of thousands of convening commands to our reservists to strengthen and expand our operation in the Gaza Strip,” said the military director when visiting a naval base south of Haifa.

The Israeli news portal “Ynet” reported that a larger offensive in the Gaza Strip could begin in the coming days. The aim is therefore to increase the pressure on Islamist Hamas in order to force the release of further hostages.

Humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate

An expansion of the attacks is likely to further exacerbate the already precarious humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Aid organizations speak of catastrophic conditions. For a good two months now, Israel has no longer let aid deliveries to the sealed area, in which around two million Palestinians live.

The news portal “Axios” recently reported that the USA and Israel planned to bring relief goods past the Gaza Strip with the help of a private US company.

According to Israeli information, 24 hostages and the corpses of 35 abducted people are currently being recorded in the Gaza Strip. Relatives of hostages demonstrated again on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv for a ceasefire.

The Gaza War was triggered by the terrorist attack of Hamas and other extremist groups on October 7, 2023 in the Israeli border area. Around 1,200 people were killed and over 250 Israelis was drilled. Since then, more than 52,500 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip according to the Ministry of Health controlled by the Hamas.