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The Houthi rebels claim they attacked Israel with a hypersonic ballistic missile.
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They said the rocket traveled over 1,200 miles in just over 11 minutes.
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Israel’s prime minister has said the group will pay a “high price” for the attack.
The Houthi rebels in Yemen have said that the militant group attacked Israel with a “new hypersonic ballistic missile.”
According to Yahya Sarea, a spokesman for the Houthis, the missile took just 11.5 minutes to travel a distance of more than 1,930 kilometers.
The Israeli military said it had identified a surface-to-surface missile fired from Yemen over central Israel.
It was said the projectile “probably disintegrated in the air” before landing in an open area.
“No injuries have been reported,” the IDF reported on X.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has since said the Houthis will pay a “high price” for the attack.
Since October, the Houthis have been carrying out airstrikes with Israel in a show of support for the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the war with Israel, which began after Hamas attacks on October 7.
Sarea said that as the anniversary of the attacks approaches, Israel can expect more attacks, “including in response to the aggression against the city of Hodeidah,” according to Reuters.
Sarea was referring to the Israeli attacks on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah in July, which killed at least six people.
The conflict between Israel and the Houthis has also led to chaos around the Red Sea, with the Houthis repeatedly targeted shipping in the region and involve the US Navy in what one analyst described as the service most intense battle since World War II.
The Houthis have made a notable effort in recent years to amass a wide range of anti-ship weapons, including cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, with Iran serving as the main source of anti-ship missile technology. according to to Fabian Hinz, researcher for defense and military analysis at the think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Hinz said that while the Houthis blamed Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks for their ship attacks, Iran had been supplying the group with anti-ship weapons long before that. This suggests that Iran’s long-term focus is on strengthening the Houthis’ anti-ship capabilities.
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