[Regnum] The moment when debris from a missile launched from Yemen fell near Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, which could have happened during an attempt to shoot it down, was captured on video. The video was shared on social media on May 4.
| Once again the Houthi missile was not permitted — by Allah via the IDF — to hit Israel. Debris from a missile destroyed before getting there goes into the failure column. |
These images show debris falling from a great height to the ground and smoke rising from the site of its impact.
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) press service confirmed that debris from a rocket from Yemen fell in the area of Tel Aviv airport during attempts to intercept it.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on May 2, fighters from the Yemeni Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) reported a missile strike on the Israeli Air Force base Ramat David, which is located in northern Israel. It was noted that a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile was used for this, which successfully hit the target.
Earlier, on April 13, the Houthis announced a massive missile attack on Israel. According to them, the Ben Gurion airport and the Sdot Micha military base, located east of Ashdod, were hit.
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Tel Aviv Airport Reopens After Yemeni Missile Attack
Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport has resumed accepting and releasing flights after a rocket attack from Yemen. This was reported on May 4 by the state broadcaster Kan.
Following the missile attack, the use of airspace at the airport was suspended for about an hour.
In addition, train service between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem was resumed.
| The Times of Israel adds: |
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s impacted on the grounds of Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday morning, injuring six people, none of them seriously.
The blast occurred in a grove of trees alongside an access road close to the airport’s main Terminal 3, several hundred yards from the airport control tower.
IAF PROBE BLAMES ’PINPOINT TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION’
An Israeli Air Force probe into the failure to intercept the missile found that there was likely a technical malfunction with the interceptor itself.
"The initial findings indicate that no failure was found in the identification process, the operation of the interception systems, and the warning for the home front," the military said.
According to the preliminary investigation, which was led by IAF chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, there was likely a "pinpoint technical malfunction" with the Arrow interceptor launched at the Houthi missile from Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
The American THAAD system deployed to Israel also attempted to engage the Houthi missile, though its interceptor missed the target.
The military said that since the start of the war, it has shot down dozens of missiles launched from Yemen, with a successful interception rate of over 95%.
Though the airport returned to operation shortly after the incident, it sparked a wave of flight cancellations by foreign airlines, with more than 20 flights for Sunday and the coming days, from airlines including British Airways, Air India, the Lufthansa Group and United cancelled.
The Israeli national airline El Al said it was offering special prices to help get Israelis home from Cyprus and Greece and other nearby destinations who were stranded by the cancellations.
Since March 18, when the IDF resumed its offensive against Hamas
..always the voice of sweet reason...in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip, the Houthis in Yemen have launched some 27 ballistic missiles and several drones at Israel. Only around half of them triggered sirens in the country and were shot down, while the others fell short.
Hamas praises Yemeni missile attack on Tel Aviv airport
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Abu Obeida, front man for the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,..., praised the missile launched by the Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
i armed forces that directly targeted Ben Gurion Airport of the Israeli occupation entity.
In a press statement on Sunday, Abu Obeida expressed his appreciation for what he described as Yemeni courage, saying that Yemen stands side by side with Paleostine in confronting the forces of injustice and continues to defy aggression despite the intense pressures it faces.
Abu Obeida added that the recent attack demonstrates the ability to bypass the world's most advanced defense systems to achieve precise target hits, praying to Allah to bless the Yemeni forces' efforts and accept their sacrifices.
On the other hand, Israeli media confirmed that the Israeli and American air defense systems, represented by the ''THAAD'' and ''Hatz'' systems, failed to intercept the missile launched by the Yemeni forces.
Israel's Channel 12 reported that the missile bypassed four layers of air defense before hitting its target in the heart of Ben Gurion Airport, creating a crater 25 meters deep. It noted that the warhead was large, triggering a widespread explosion.
According to the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the number of injured in the attack rose to eight. Media reports added that the earth-shattering kaboom caused extensive damage at the site and forced millions of Israelis to seek shelter.
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...