Yemeni Houthis from the Ansar Allah rebel movement attacked an Israeli power plant located in the Tel Aviv area with a “hypersonic ballistic missile“, said Yahya Sariyah, a representative of the Houthi-formed armed forces.
The missile forces of the Yemeni armed forces carried out a military operation, attacking with the help of a "Palestine-2" hypersonic ballistic missile a power plant belonging to the Israeli enemy, which is located east of occupied Jaffa. "The missile hit its target precisely," said a spokesman for the movement, whose statement was broadcast on the Houthi-controlled Al Masirah television channel. Sariya also said that Houthi forces had carried out a drone strike on an "Israeli military site" in the Tel Aviv area. Earlier, the Israeli army reported intercepting a missile fired from Yemen. Air raid sirens sounded in central and southern Israel. According to the emergency medical service, at least 12 people were injured while heading to shelters, and 9 suffered panic attacks after air raid sirens sounded.
Following the escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the Ansar Allah movement warned that it would fire at Israeli territory and would not allow affiliated ships to pass through the waters of the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait until the operation in the Palestinian enclave was ended. Since November 2023, the Houthis have attacked dozens of civilian ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
In recent weeks, the Houthis have regularly announced rocket attacks on central regions of Israel, including the cities of Tel Aviv and Ashkelon. On December 21, the Israeli military recorded the launch of one rocket from Yemen towards Israel. According to the Israeli army, the rocket was not intercepted. As a result of this incident, at least 30 people were injured.