Israel vows ‘heavy price’ for Houthi missile strike

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******* vows ‘heavy price’ for Houthi missile strike

******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Yemen’s Houthis will pay a “heavy price” after a missile fired by the group landed in central *******.

The ******** military said the missile landed in an uninhabited area early on Sunday, but that shrapnel indicated air defence systems had ******* to ******** it before it entered ******** airspace.

It added that it was investigating how the missile was able to reach so far into ******** territory.

The strike marks the first time a missile fired by the group has reached central *******, which is around 2,000km (1,240 miles) from Yemen.

The ******* Defense Forces (IDF) said there had been repeated attempts to ****** the missile down on Sunday but that it most likely fragmented in mid-air.

The Houthis claimed the operation used a new type of hypersonic missile, which may help explain the ******** of efforts to intercept it.

They are an armed group that seized much of Yemen in the country’s ongoing civil war and have declared themselves part of the Iran-led “axis of resistance” against *******, the US, and the wider West.

The Houthis said in a statement that Sunday’s ******* was carried out in solidarity with the Palestinians and that ******* should expect more ahead of the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks.

Missile fragments landed at a railway station in the city of Modiin, causing some damage, and in open ground near *******’s main international airport on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.

The damage is believed to have been caused by *******’s own interceptor missiles.

Netanyahu said the strike showed that ******* was in a “multi-front battle against Iran’s axis of evil that strives to ******** us”.

“[The Houthis] should have known by now that we exact a heavy price for any attempt to harm us,” he said.

“Anyone who attacks us will not escape from our arms.

“****** is already learning this in our determined action that will lead to its destruction and the release of all of our hostages.”

******** forces launched a campaign to ******** ****** following the 7 October attacks, which saw around 1,200 people ******* and another 251 taken to Gaza as hostages.

More than 41,206 people have been ******* in Gaza since the campaign began, according to the ******-run health ministry.

This is not the first time the Houthis have attacked *******.

In July,

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and eight people were injured after a Houthi drone landed in Tel Aviv.

Previously, almost all Houthi missiles and drones fired towards ******* had been intercepted and none were known to have reached Tel Aviv.

In response,

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in Yemen, causing a huge ***** which engulfed one of the country’s most important oil storage facilities.

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