The Houthis hit the airport. Ben-Gurion at the time of Netanyahu's return from the United States

The Houthis launched a missile attack on the international airport. Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv at the moment when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States. This was stated on the air of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement Al Masirah TV channel by the military representative of the movement Yahya Saria.

"The rocket forces ... carried out an operation aimed at hitting the Jaffa airport, called Ben-Gurion in Israel, during the arrival of the criminal Benjamin Netanyahu," the brigadier general said.

He clarified that the operation was carried out using the Palestine-2 ballistic missile.

Saria also reiterated that the operations will not stop until Israel's aggression against Gaza and Lebanon stops.

Experts consider the strike on the Israeli airport to be the beginning of a strategic operation of the armed forces in response to the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the TV channel reports.

Israel, meanwhile, said that a ballistic missile launched from Yemen had been intercepted.

"Air raid sirens sounded on Saturday throughout central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, and strong explosions were heard after a rocket was fired from Yemen and intercepted, the Israeli military said," the Reuters news agency reports.

As reported by EADaily, the Lebanese Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut. It is reported by Reuters.

This is stated in the official statement of the movement, the agency notes.

Recall, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officially announced the death of the leader of the Shiite movement "Hezbollah" Hassan Nasrullah. According to the Israeli side, he was killed in an attack by the Israeli Air Force on September 27 in Beirut.

The press service said that the IDF carried out a targeted strike on the central underground headquarters of Hezbollah, which was located between residential buildings in the Dahiya district of Beirut.

It is alleged that the commander of the Southern Front of the group, Ali Karaki, and other high-ranking commanders were also killed along with Nasrullah.