Yemeni forces hit Israel's Ben Gurion airport again with hypersonic ballistic missile

Yemeni Armed Forces have launched another missile attack at the occupying Israeli regime, backing the brave Palestinian resistance against the oppressing regime forces.

The Yemeni forces announced on Sunday that they again targeted Israel's Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv with their hypersonic Palestine 2 ballistic missile.

They said the strike successfully achieved its "goal" to disrupt air traffic in the occupied Israeli territories as long as the zionist killing machine continued its genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli forces confirmed that a missile had set off air raid sirens at around 7:30 a.m. in several areas across the occupied territories, but claimed to have intercepted it.

Reports said following the missile attack, chaos broke out at Ben Gurion Airport with air raid sirens blaring and flight operations all messed up.

Flights at the airport were temporarily stopped and the passengers were evacuated into shelters.

In addition, the Yemenis said they also successfully launched their missiles and drones at the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman stationed in the Red Sea.

"And in response to the American aggression that launched dozens of airstrikes on our country in the past hours, our forces clashed—through the missile force and the drone air force—the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and a number of enemy warships in the Red Sea, using multiple missiles and drones. The confrontations lasted for several hours," Yemeni Armed Forces announced.

"By relying on Allah, the Yemeni Armed Forces continue to confront this brutal and criminal aggression and are meeting escalation with escalation with full courage," they said.

"They also remain steadfast in supporting the oppressed Palestinian people and preventing 'Israeli' navigation in the previously declared operation zone until the aggression stops and the siege on Gaza is lifted," it added.

Early on Saturday, Yemen's military "targeted Ben Gurion airport" with a ballistic missile, calling it the third launch in two days. Israeli airspace will remain unsafe "until the aggression against Gaza stops", Yemeni Armed Forces announced in an earlier statement.

After Washington announced heavy strikes against the Yemeni nation a week ago, US military forces attacked the airport in Hudaydah in its latest aggression against the Yemenis.

Americans launched three airstrikes against the airport on the Red Sea coast Saturday night, Yemen's al-Masirah TV reported. Yemeni media outlets also reported US airstrikes on the port of Salif in Hudaydah province.

Five more airstrikes were carried out by US warplanes on the Majzar district in Yemen's central province of Ma’rib.

Yemen's Hudaydah airport, others targeted in new US 'aggression'

The US military has attacked the airport in Hudaydah in the latest "American aggression" against Yemen since Washington announced heavy strikes on the impoverished country one week ago.

On Wednesday, the US military's Central Command confirmed “continuous operations” against Yemen.

On March 15, the United States announced a wave of airstrikes that left 53 Yemenis killed.

The deadly strikes, the first since US President Donald Trump resumed office, came after Yemeni forces pledged to renew operations against Israeli shipping in solidarity with the Palestinian suffering from Israeli attacks.

In a further escalation, the United States recently announced plans to deploy a second aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, to the region.

Yemen's Ansarullah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said on Saturday that while the US typically uses its aircraft carriers to project its military might to the world to intimidate other countries, the vessels have transformed into “a burden and a danger” for the politicians in Washington.​

The Yemeni Armed Forces started their military operations against the Israeli regime in late 2023 shortly after Tel Aviv launched its genocidal war against the Palestinians trapped in Gaza.

The Yeminis stopped targeting ships in the Red Sea in January after a ceasefire was announced between Israel and Hamas, but the operations resumed last week after Israel cut off the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this month and broke the ceasefire deal brokered by Trump.

More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Tel Aviv launched its genocidal war in Gaza.

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