Yemen’s Houthis launch missile attack on Israel as war with Iran intensifies
The article reports on Houthi missile attacks on Israel, citing military statements and expert analyses of potential economic and strategic impacts. It details the rebels' actions, Israeli military responses, and regional implications of the conflict.
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“Yemen’s Houthis launch missile attack on Israel as war with Iran intensifies”
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— On 5 May 2025, Israel launched a series of airstrikes against the Houthi movement in Yemen, in response to a Houthi ballistic missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport the day before. Among the targets was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Israeli_attacks_in_Yemen
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— The Middle Eastern crisis is an ongoing series of interrelated wars, conflicts, and heightened instability in the Middle East as a result of the Gaza war and genocide. It has primarily consisted of co…
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— The Red Sea crisis is an ongoing armed conflict and maritime crisis instigated by the Houthis, an armed group in Yemen. The Houthis began launching missiles and armed drones at Israel in response to t…
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“Rebels say they fired a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting 'sensitive Israeli military sites' in southern Israel”
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— On 5 May 2025, Israel launched a series of airstrikes against the Houthi movement in Yemen, in response to a Houthi ballistic missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport the day before. Among the targets was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Israeli_attacks_in_Yemen
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— The Middle Eastern crisis is an ongoing series of interrelated wars, conflicts, and heightened instability in the Middle East as a result of the Gaza war and genocide. It has primarily consisted of co…
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— The Red Sea crisis is an ongoing armed conflict and maritime crisis instigated by the Houthis, an armed group in Yemen. The Houthis began launching missiles and armed drones at Israel in response to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis
“Yemen’s Houthi rebels have attacked Israel with a barrage of ballistic missiles – their first such strikes since the United States-Israeli war on Iran began”
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— In 2024, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict escalated to a series of direct confrontations between the two countries in April, July, and October that year. On 1 April, Israel bombed an Iranian consulate c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Iran–Israel_conflict
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
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— Since the 2026 Iran war began with a series of attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, 2026, following the breakdown of US-Iran talks and negotiations, locations across Is…
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“The Israeli military said it intercepted one missile”
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“Sirens went off around Beersheba and the area near Israel’s main nuclear research centre for the third time overnight Friday into Saturday”
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“The Houthis have held Yemen’s capital Sanaa since 2014”
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— The Yemeni rebel group has controlled the capital Sanaa and much of the country’s northwest since 2014.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/27/houthis-warn-finger…
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“The Houthi rebels attacked more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two ships and killing four sailors, from November 2023 until January 2025”
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“In 2024, the Trump administration launched strikes against the Houthis that ended weeks later”
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“Mohammed Mansour, the Houthis’ deputy information minister, told local media on Saturday, 'We are conducting this battle in stages, and closing the Bab al-Mandeb strait is among our options.'”
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“Nine Israeli soldiers were wounded in two rocket attacks from southern Lebanon”
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