The launch of Houthi missiles stops flights in Israel

A missile launched by rebels backed by Iranians in Yemen on Sunday briefly stopped the flights and traffic of nearby at the main International Airport of Israel after an impact left a column of smoke and caused panic among passengers.

He Hutiswhich are recognized by the United States as a terrorist organization, have been hitting Israel throughout the War in Gaza In solidarity with the Palestinians. The attack on Ben-Gurion International Airport occurred hours before the main ministers of the Israeli cabinet were programmed to vote if intensifying the country’s military operations in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the army began calling thousands of reserves in advance of a broader operation in Gaza, authorities said.

The launch of the missile on Sunday triggered Air Raid sirens in various parts of Israel. A smoke plume was seen at the airport, according to images shared by the Israeli media. The passengers were heard screaming and struggling to cover themselves.

It was not clear immediately if the projectile, which landed in a field near an access road that leads to airport parking lots, was the missile or its fragments, or an interceptor of Israel Air Defense Systems. He left a deep crater on the ground and a nearby road was full of dirt.

Israel promises to respond to airport attack

Police said the air, the road and rail traffic stopped after the attack. Traffic resumed after about an hour, said the Israel Airport Authority. Israel’s paramedic service, Magen David Adom, said four people were slightly injured.

Houthi Brig Military spokesman. General Yahya Saree said in a video statement that the group fired a hypersonic ballistic missile at the airport.

The Hutis rebels have been shooting Israel since the war with Gaza broke out on October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took another 251 hostages. Israel says that 59 remain in Gaza, although it is said that approximately 35 are dead. Most hutis missiles have been mainly intercepted, although some have penetrated Israel’s antimile defense systems, causing damage.

Israel has played against the rebels in Yemen and the United States, the best ally of Israel, also launched a strike campaign in March against them.

Israeli defense minister, Israel Katz, promised a remuneration for the airport attack: “Whoever damages them will damage seven.”

Israeli ministers will vote to expand the war in Gaza

An Israeli official said that the influential security cabinet would meet on Sunday night to vote plans to expand the fighting. A military official said the country was calling thousands of reservations. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with the regulations.

The Minister of Israeli National Security of the extreme right, Itamar Ben-Gvir, in an interview with the radio of the Israeli army, said he wanted to see a “powerful” expansion of war, but did not reveal details about what the new plans would imply.

“We need to increase intensity and continue until we achieve total victory. We must win a total victory,” he said. He demanded that Israel bombard “food and electricity supplies” in Gaza.

The plans to intensify the fight in Gaza more than 18 months after the war broke out there, it deepens as a humanitarian crisis in the territory.

As part of his efforts to press the Militant Hamas group to negotiate on Israel’s terms for a new fire, Israel in early March stopped the entrance of goods to Gaza. That has plunged the territory of 2.3 million people in what is believed to be the worst humanitarian crisis since the war began.

A high fire at eight weeks long between Israel and Hamas that took a pause in the fight and released the Israeli hostages collapsed in March. Israel resumed his attacks in Gaza on March 18 and has captured stripes of the coastal enclave. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed since the fight resumed, according to the Ministry of Health led by Hamas.

The fight in Gaza crawls

At least seven Palestinians, including two parents and their two children, aged 2 and 4, were killed in Israeli air attacks in the south and center of Gaza Strip, said the Palestinian doctors. When asked about the strikes, the Israeli army had no direct comments.

The Israeli army said on Sunday that two soldiers were killed in combat in Gaza, which brought the number of soldiers killed since the fighting resumed in March six.

Since the war began, Israel’s offensive has killed more than 52,000 people in Gaza, many of them women and children according to Palestinian health officials, who do not distinguish between combatants and civilians in their position.

The fight has displaced more than 90% of the population of Gaza, often several times. Hunger has been widespread and food shortages has triggered looting.