Netanyahu Calls for Heavy Price after Houthi Missile Attack on Israel

Tel Aviv, MINA – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to “exact a heavy price” on the Houthi group in Yemen after a rocket attack that injured nine people in Tel Aviv, Anadolu Agency reported.

“This morning, the Houthis launched a surface-to-surface missile from Yemen into our territory. They should have known by now that we charge a heavy price for any attempt to harm us,” Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting as cited by a statement from his office.

“Those who need a reminder in this matter are invited to visit the port of Al Hudaydah,” he added, referring to the western Yemeni city that Israeli warplanes bombed in July after a Houthi drone attack killed one Israeli in Tel Aviv.

The Houthi missile landed in an open area near Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on Sunday morning despite Israeli attempts to intercept it.

According to the Israeli army and local media, nine Israelis were injured while rushing to shelters, and fires broke out in wooded areas due to falling missile debris. A fire also ignited at a major cement factory during the incident.

Yemen’s Houthi group has been targeting ships that are Israeli-owned, flagged, operated, or heading to Israeli ports in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden with missiles and drones in solidarity with Gaza, which has been under a devastating Israeli onslaught since 7 October 2023. (T/RE1/P2)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)