Netanyahu warns Yemen's Houthi rebels of 'heavy price' after first missile attack on central Israel

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15 September 2024 at 8:21 am·1-min read

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Yemen's Houthi rebels would pay "a heavy price" after the group claimed responsibility for a rare missile attack launched from Lebanon on Israel's Upper Galilee region and the annexed Golan Heights. The attack, which caused no casualties, spurred a rush to shelters throughout central Israel and was praised by Hamas, which said "Israel will not enjoy security" until it ceases its operations in the Gaza Strip.

A Yemeni rebel missile triggered a rush to shelters in central Israel on Sunday, a rare incident that caused no casualties but again added to regional tensions nearly a year into the Gaza war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the rebels will pay a "heavy price".

AFP photographers saw firefighters putting out a brush fire near Lod and broken glass at a train station in Modin, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial hub, after the attack.

Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed the strike.

They are among Iran-backed groups in the Middle East that have been drawn into the conflict after war began in October between Israel and Hamas Palestinian militants in Gaza.

(AFP)

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