Yemen’s Houthis said on Monday (16) that they fired a ballistic missile at a military target in Jaffa, a city in central Israel.
Yahya Sarea, the group’s military spokesman, said in a televised statement that the operation “successfully achieved its objectives.”
The Israeli Army said sirens sounded across central Israel on Monday after a missile was fired from Yemen – and shot down before entering Israel.
The Iran-backed group has repeatedly fired drones and missiles at Israel in what it describes as “acts of solidarity” with Palestinians in Gaza.
Understand the conflicts involving Israel
At the end of November, a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was approved. This comes after months of bombings by the Israeli Army in Lebanon.
The offensive caused destruction and forced more than a million people to leave their homes to escape the war. Furthermore, it left dozens of people dead in Lebanese territory.
Like Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad are radical groups financed by Iran, and therefore enemies of Israel.
The expectation is that the agreement will serve as the basis for a more lasting cessation of hostilities.
At the same time, the war continues in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli military is fighting Hamas and searching for hostages who were kidnapped more than a year ago during the radical group’s attack on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023. At the time, more than 1,200 people were killed and 250 kidnapped.
Since then, more than 43,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza during Israel’s offensive, which also destroyed virtually every building in the Palestinian territory.
On a third front of conflict, Israel and Iran exchanged attacks, which despite raising tension, did not evolve into an all-out war.
In addition, the Israeli Army has been carrying out bombings on Iranian-allied militia targets in Syria, Yemen and Iraq.
*With information from CNN
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