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SANAA/JERUSALEM, May 5 (Xinhua) — Yemen’s Houthi group said Sunday it would continue to launch missile strikes on Israeli airports, especially Ben Gurion Airport, as part of its “total air blockade” of the country.
“We are declaring a comprehensive air blockade against the Israeli enemy in response to its decision to expand its aggression against Gaza,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sari’a said in a statement broadcast by rebel-controlled al-Masirah TV.
“We will work to impose a blockade, repeatedly targeting airports, in particular Ben Gurion Airport,” he said, calling on international airlines to cancel all their flights scheduled to any Israeli airport.
Earlier on Sunday, the Houthis claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that hit an access road leading to the main terminal of Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel in the morning, leaving four people lightly injured.
The Israeli army said its air defense systems had attempted to intercept the missile but failed. It later issued a separate statement saying the likely cause of the air defense malfunction was a “technical problem” with the interceptor missile.
Following the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a video warning to the Houthis, threatening to strike the group. He then wrote on the social media site X that Israel would take revenge on the Houthis in Yemen and their ally Iran. –0–