The anti-missile sirens were activated this Monday night in Tel Aviv and the central region of Israel due to the launch of a missile from Yemen, intercepted before entering Israeli territory, the Army reported.
“After the sirens that recently sounded in central Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the Air Force before crossing into Israeli territory“, the Army reported in a statement.
In addition, he indicated that the sirens were activated at 11:11 p.m. (21:11 GMT) due to the possibility of shrapnel falling from the interception.
The Israeli emergency service (Magen David Adom) indicated that it received no reports of injuries.
For its part, the police detailed that they are carrying out explorations to locate the areas where remains of the intercepted device could have fallen.
On the other hand, the representative of Israel before the UN, Danny Danondefined this Monday before the United Nations Security Council missile launch by Yemen’s Houthi rebels as “systematic and calculated terror.”
“We have no dispute with them. Despite this, they send their missiles and drones to murder our people. Because? Pure, radical and jihadist hatred towards Jews“, he said, adding that the Houthis have gone from being a group to becoming a “Terrorist Army” with the complicity of the international community.
Danon recalled that the Iran’s support for the Houthis violates UN Security Council resolutions 2140 and 2722, while also being an “attack on all principles of sovereignty and International Law.”
He also blamed the UN for “not fulfilling its responsibilities.” “We are aware of several ships that have docked at Hodeidah port this year without any inspection,” he said, adding that “The complacency of the international community has given free rein to terrorism”.
In this sense, he accused “some nations” of “preaching the values of International Law” while “turning a blind eye to those who violate these same principles with impunity,” also referring to Iran as an “elephant in the room.”
“The Houthis are completely strangling the Suez Canalthis critical global trade route used by almost all nations, and is under direct threat from a terrorist organization. The implications of such a scenario are unthinkable,” he recalled during his speaking turn.
The Houthis, Danon reiterated before the Security Council, are “a terrorist group that attacks trade routes, collaborates with global terrorist networks and is armed by Iran.” “Israel will not wait for the world to act. “Israel will protect its citizens, no matter where the threat comes from,” he concluded.
His words come after the bombing by the Israeli Army against the Sana’a International Airport and the governorate of Hodeida, causing at least six deaths and 40 injuries, according to authorities controlled by the insurgency.
The attack took place during the departure of a United Nations plane. Among the injured was the co-pilot who was transporting the director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The Houthis, who have controlled Sanaa and other areas of the north and west of the country since 2015, have launched several attacks against Israeli territory and against ships with some type of Israeli connection as a result of the offensive unleashed against the Gaza Strip after the aforementioned attacks of October 7, 2023.
On January 17th, The United States announced that it was once again designating the Yemeni rebel group as a terrorist organizationsomething he already did Donald Trump during his first Administration and then reverted the Government of Joe Biden.
The Houthi rebels, like the Lebanese Shiite organization at the time Hezbollahbegan their campaign of rocket fire into Israel in the wake of the Gaza offensive, which has now lasted more than 14 months, routinely reporting their attacks as an act of “support for the Palestinian people.”
(With information from Europa Press)
