The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that millions of people rushed to shelters for the third time in a week, while the Israeli ambulance reported that 20 people were injured, due to the stampede after a missile was launched by the Ansar Allah group (Houthis) in Yemen.
The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that it had intercepted a projectile launched from Yemen, indicating that warning sirens had been activated in central and southern Israel.In anticipation of the possibility of shrapnel falling as a result of the interception operation.
Watch… interceptor missiles in the sky of central occupied Palestine, in an attempt to confront the missile that was launched from Yemen. pic.twitter.com/UcWYzJ3utS
– Palestinian Information Center (@PalinfoAr) December 24, 2024
The Israeli ambulance said that more than 20 people were injured due to the stampede as they were heading to shelters after the missile was launched from Yemen, and that some of them suffered panic, after reports from the Israeli Emergency Medical Service that there were no injuries caused by the projectile.
The occupation army also stated earlier that it was able to intercept a drone launched from Yemen that was on its way into Israel.
Yesterday, Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning to the Houthis in Yemen after they launched two missiles last week at Israel, including a missile that injured 16 people in a shopping center in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
Defense Minister Yisrael Katz also vowed to target the Houthi infrastructure and their leaders, before adding, “We will do to Sanaa and Hodeidah what we did to Gaza, Lebanon, and Tehran.”
#urgent | Military spokesman for Ansar Allah: Our operations will not stop unless the aggression against… #Gaza The siege was lifted#Gaza_War pic.twitter.com/OlPWYszNJ6
– Tel Aviv Tribune Channel (@AJArabic) December 23, 2024
This comes at a time when the Houthi group has vowed to continue its military operations against Israel as part of what it describes as “supporting Gaza,” stressing that it will not stop “unless the aggression” against the Strip is stopped.
Israeli warplanes launched strikes on ports and energy infrastructure in Yemen through a series of raids on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the Hodeidah Governorate overlooking the Red Sea in the west of the country.
Since the beginning of this year, Washington and London have also begun launching air strikes on sites in Yemen, in “response” to the Houthi naval attacks, which the group responded to by announcing that it considers all American and British ships among its military targets.
