Yemeni missile halts Ben Gurion airport activity: Israeli media

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Source: Al Mayadeen English + Israeli media
15 May 2025 23:27
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Millions of Israeli settlers rushed to shelters as sirens sounded across occupied Palestine amid the detection of a Yemeni missile.

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Israeli settlers lay on the ground as sirens sound amid the detection of a Yemeni missile, May 15, 2025 (Social media)

A missile launched from Yemen at "Israel" sent millions of settlers into shelters on Thursday evening, Israeli media reported.

According to Israeli reports, the missile was detected. However, activity at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv was halted, while sirens sounded across vast occupied lands. Yedioth Ahronoth stated that "a missile from Yemen sent millions into shelters," especially those attending a celebration in the settlement of Beit Shims in occupied al-Quds.

هروب المستوطنين إلى الملاجئ في #القدس المحتلة، عقب تفعيل صافرات الإنذار بسبب صاروخ يمني.#اليمن #الميادين pic.twitter.com/F5zqpemA1c
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) May 15, 2025

لحظة تفعيل صافرات الإنذار في مستوطنات جنوب بيت لحم، بعد إطلاق صاروخ من #اليمن.#الميادين pic.twitter.com/VLgpb6isXl
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) May 15, 2025

9 operations in a week, firm Gaza support unchanged: Sayyed al-Houthi

Earlier today, the leader of Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul Malik al-Houthi, announced that the operations in support of Gaza have reached nine this week, carried out with hypersonic and ballistic missiles as well as drones, noting that one of the Yemeni operations coincided with a speech delivered by US President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia during his visit to the Middle East.

He emphasized that "among the most important operations was the strike on Lod Airport (Ben Gurion Airport)," part of their sustained campaign to establish an air blockade against the occupation, reaffirming their determination to achieve this goal.

The Yemeni leader reiterated that Israeli navigation in the Red Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea remains banned.

YAF targeted Ben Gurion with hypersonic ballistic missile

Yesterday, the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) launched a hypersonic ballistic missile targeting Ben Gurion Airport in a precision military operation announced by Brigadier General Yahya Saree.

According to Saree, the operation “successfully achieved its objective,” and the strike was carried out in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their Resistance factions in the Gaza Strip. He emphasized that the attack was part of Yemen’s broader position “against the genocide being perpetrated by the Zionist enemy in the Gaza Strip.”

The strike resulted in the suspension of takeoff and landing operations at the airport for nearly an hour, with “millions of occupying Zionists” forced to take cover in bomb shelters, Saree reported.