A missile from Yemen sends millions of Israelis into shelters and closes airspace at Ben Gurion Airport.

Hebrew media reported that the missile launched from Yemen sent millions of Israelis into shelters.

The Israeli occupation army said in a statement that air raid sirens sounded in several areas of the country after a missile was fired from Yemen, without providing further details.

Later, the army issued a second statement saying it had intercepted the missile. The army did not specify the areas where the sirens sounded, but the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that they sounded in the Jerusalem area, Gush Dan (Greater Tel Aviv), and settlements in the northern occupied West Bank.

The newspaper added, "The launch of the ballistic missile from Yemen led to millions of Israelis entering shelters, and the closure of airspace at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv... Several planes on their way to land remained in the air."

She continued: "An Israir flight coming from Basel, a Trade Air flight coming from Budapest, and an Uzbekistan Airways flight coming from Tashkent had to wait for instructions until the airspace was reopened," as the closure took only minutes.

For his part, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced in a statement that "a qualitative military operation was carried out with a hypersonic ballistic missile (Palestine 2) against a sensitive enemy target in occupied Jaffa (Tel Aviv)," without providing details about the target.

He added that the operation successfully achieved its goal and caused millions to rush to shelters, noting that it "comes as a victory for the oppressed Palestinian people in Gaza and as part of the response to the Israeli aggression against our country."

He pointed out that "the unmanned aerial vehicle carried out another military operation on Ramon Airport in the Umm al-Rashrash area (Eilat)," in southern Israel.

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He warned that "the criminal (Israeli) aggression will reach various countries unless peoples and countries move to stand firm and confront it," stressing that the group will continue to "perform its duties until the aggression on Gaza stops and the siege is lifted."

While Tel Aviv reported intercepting the missile launched by the Houthis, it made no announcements regarding the drone.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Israeli military said in a statement: "Raids targeted Houthi regime military infrastructure in the port of Hodeidah, Yemen."

Commenting on this, the Yemeni group's military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said in a statement earlier Tuesday: "Our air defenses are currently confronting the Israeli aircraft that are launching an aggression against our country."

He added, "The air defenses caused great confusion for the enemy's aircraft, forcing some of their combat formations to leave the airspace before carrying out their aggression. Their incursion into the depths was thwarted, thanks be to God."

On Monday, the Houthi group announced that it had attacked Israel with four drones, in response to the genocide and starvation crimes committed by Tel Aviv against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The Houthi group attacks Israel with missiles and drones, and also targets ships linked to or heading toward it. It claims its attacks are in response to the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving 64,964 Palestinians dead and 165,312 injured, most of them children and women, and a famine that has claimed the lives of 428 Palestinians, including 146 children.