Yemen announces successful hypersonic missile strike on Israeli airbase

The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced the successful targeting of Israel’s Nevatim Airbase, from which the attacks on Gaza are being carried out, using a hypersonic ballistic missile named “Palestine-2.”

The operation was conducted in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in response to "the criminal massacres by the Zionist enemy" in Gaza, according to a statement by the Yemeni Armed Forces on Tuesday

Yahya Saree, the spokesman for the Yemeni forces, said the operation "achieved its objective."

Earlier in the day, the Israeli regime claimed it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen after air raid sirens sounded in several areas in the southern parts of the occupied territories.

The Yemeni statement warned that Yemen would expand its list of targets within occupied Palestine in the coming hours and days if the Israeli assault on Gaza does not cease.

The Yemeni Armed Forces said the Arab nation would not stand idly by while witnessing massacres against Palestinians in Gaza.

They pledged to utilize all available capabilities to defend and support the oppressed in Palestine.

“Yemen’s leadership, people, and military will not remain silent while witnessing these massacres against our brothers in Gaza.”

“With God’s help, the Yemeni Armed Forces will dedicate all their resources to defending and supporting the oppressed in Palestine until these crimes against our brothers in Gaza cease,” the statement said.

Yemen says ‘fully ready’ for ‘long naval battles with new methods to stun enemies’

Yemen pledges readiness to retaliate for enemies’ acts of provocation and aggression in kind.

It also highlighted Yemen’s continued opposition to US policies in the region and its commitment to disrupting Israeli maritime activities until the blockade on Gaza is lifted and humanitarian aid is allowed into the besieged territory.

This strike marks Yemen's first direct attack on the Israeli-occupied territories since the Gaza ceasefire deal took effect in January.

The ceasefire had largely contained the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza, but the regime's Tuesday attacks on the Strip, which killed over 400 Gazans and injured hundreds more, marked a resumption of hostilities.

Yemen had previously issued Israel a four-day ultimatum to lift the total blockade of Gaza, which it said violated the ceasefire agreement, or face retaliation.

Israel's defiance led Yemen to announce the resumption of its naval operations against Israeli-linked ships in the region.

The US and Britain have carried out a series of deadly attacks on Yemen in recent days in support of Israel.

Yemen has responded with several operations targeting American warships in the Red Sea.

Yemen had launched scores of drone and missile attacks on passing ships and Israeli territory during the Gaza genocide in solidarity with the Palestinians.

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