A ballistic missile fired today, May 4, by Yemeni Houthi rebels exploded on the territory of the Israeli Ben-Gurion airport, injuring six people. The Israel Defense Forces made several unsuccessful attempts to intercept the missile.
Among the victims of the attack are a 50—year-old man with limb injuries, two 54 and 38-year-old women who suffered from the shock wave, a 64—year-old man who was hit by some kind of object, and two more women, 22 and 34 years old, who were injured trying to hide. The injured were hospitalized in hospitals in central Israel. Two more people were taken under the care of medical staff due to panic attacks.
Israel's main international airport reopened its airspace about an hour after the attack. Despite this, the German airline group Lufganza canceled all flights scheduled for arrival at the airport. Ben-Gurion. The Spanish airline Air Europe also canceled flights between Tel Aviv and Madrid.
The Houthis, through their military spokesman Yahya Sari, claimed responsibility for the attack. In a televised speech, he also warned that the Israeli airport was "no longer safe for air travel." One of the senior members of the movement, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, told the Qatari TV channel Al-Arabi that the rebels had demonstrated their ability to strike vulnerable targets in Israel and that now there are "no red lines" in their fight against the Jewish state.
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