The military spokesperson for the Houthi group, Yahya Saree, stated early Thursday that the group's missile forces carried out a targeted military operation that hit Ben Gurion Airport in the occupied Yafa area with a hypersonic ballistic missile, Palestine 2. The operation successfully achieved its objective.
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Earlier today, Israeli Channel 12 reported that a plane arriving from London and about to land at Ben Gurion Airport changed its course at the last moment following the sound of sirens in Tel Aviv.
The channel noted that the airport resumed operations after being temporarily disrupted due to the activation of sirens.
Channel 12 also reported that the missile launched from Yemen was intercepted after it entered Israeli airspace, contrary to the statement from the Israeli military, which claimed that the missile had been intercepted before entering the airspace.
The Israeli military had stated that it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen before it crossed the airspace.
The Israeli Home Front had announced that sirens sounded in the Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and central Israel areas after the missile was detected.
Israeli emergency services confirmed early Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was evacuated from the Knesset to a protected area following the sirens in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu had been participating in a Knesset session that was preparing to vote on one of the budget laws for 2025.
Israeli emergency services also reported early Thursday that 13 people were injured while heading to shelters after the sirens were activated due to the missile launched from Yemen.
