Houthi missile reaches central Israel for first time, no injuries reported

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would inflict a “heavy price” on the Iran-aligned Houthis who control northern Yemen, after they reached central Israel with a missile on Sunday for the first time. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the group struck with a new hypersonic ballistic missile that travelled 2,040km (1270 miles) in just 11 1/2 minutes. An Israeli...

Iran has various defense systems to respond to major threats

Deputy coordinator of the Iranian Army Air Defense Force told Mehr News Agency that the Islamic Republic has various defense systems to respond to diverse and massive threats. Air defense creates authority by producing power and this leads to the formation of deterrence against enemy threats, Mohammad Khoshghalb said in an interview with Mehr News Agency. He stressed that a large part...

A Missile Fired by Yemen’s Rebels Lands in Israel and Triggers Sirens at International Airport

A missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels landed in an open area in central Israel early Sunday and triggered air raid sirens at its international airport, in the latest reverberation from the nearly yearlong war in Gaza. Israel hinted that it would respond militarily. There were no reports of casualties or major damage, but Israeli media aired footage showing people...

Iran using Houthis’ Yemen as weapons ‘testing ground’

Israeli air defense officials are reviewing the performance of Air Force detection and interception capabilities on Sunday, hours after the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen fired a surface-to-surface missile that set off sirens across central Israel. According to the Israel Defense Forces, at 6:21 on Sunday morning, the missile was launched from Yemen towards Israeli territory, and it likely fragmented mid-air,...