Houthis claimed responsibility for the missile strike, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Netanyahu said Israel's retaliation will not be a 'one-and-done' situation
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday pledged multiple strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels after a missile fired by the Iran-backed group landed near Ben Gurion Airport-- the country's main international airport. Claiming responsibility for the attack, Houthis said they acted in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
In a video posted to his personal X account, Netanyahu said Israel's retaliation for the Houthi attack will not be a 'one-and-done' situation, and "there will be blows" in response to the attack.
"We are acting against them," the Israeli premier said, referring to previous Israeli Defence Force (IDF) operations against the Houthis in Yemen.
"We have acted in the past, and we will act in the future. I cannot detail everything. The United States, in coordination with us, is also acting against them. It's not a one-and-done, but there will be blows," said Netanyahu.
Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz, has also vowed a forceful response against the Iran-aligned Houthis. "Whoever harms us, we'll harm them sevenfold," he said.
A ballistic missile fired by Houthis landed just 75 meters from Terminal 3 of Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv. It reportedly bypassed four layers of air defence and hit a grove adjacent to an access road within the airport's perimeter--one of the country's most sensitive zones-- creating a 25-metre deep crater.
