This came in a statement by Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree, after the Israeli occupation army announced that it had "intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, which triggered alarms in the center of the country and in Tel Aviv, without any Israeli announcement of any injuries or losses . "
"The Yemeni armed forces (Houthis) carried out a qualitative missile force operation on Lod Airport (Ben Gurion) with a Zulfiqar ballistic missile," Saree said, adding that the operation caused "airport operations to come to a halt for about an hour."
He added, "The operation on Lod Airport achieved its goal, halting air traffic for nearly an hour and sending millions of occupiers (Israelis) rushing to shelters."
He continued: "The armed forces carried out a dual operation by the air force using two Yaffa drones, targeting two vital targets in Jaffa (Tel Aviv) and Haifa (north)."
On Monday, the Houthi group announced a naval blockade of the port of Haifa, in response to the "expansion of aggressive operations" against the Gaza Strip, as part of Tel Aviv's ongoing genocide against the Palestinians.
The Houthis say they are launching missiles at Israel "in support of the Palestinians in Gaza," and they will continue to do so as long as Tel Aviv continues its war of extermination in the Strip.
On Sunday, the Israeli occupation army announced the launch of a ground offensive in several areas within the Gaza Strip, as part of what it called Operation "Gideon's Wagons," a dangerous escalation in the ongoing war of extermination in the Strip.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza, leaving more than 175,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, more than 11,000 missing, and hundreds of thousands displaced.
