Dubai: Iran-backed Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Israel.
Brig Gen Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for the Houthis, issued a statement Saturday on the rebel group’s Al-Masirah satellite television network.
Israel’s military had earlier said it had intercepted a missile.
The attack came after Saree signalled in a vague statement Friday that the rebels would join the war that has shocked the region and rattled the global economy.
It is the first time Israel has faced fire from Yemen since the start of the conflict last month. Houthi attacks on vessels during the Israel-Hamas war upended shipping in the Red Sea.
Before the attack from Yemen, there appeared to be a breakthrough as Tehran agreed to allow humanitarian aid and agricultural shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
Here is the latest:
Death toll rises in missile interception over Abu Dhabi
The casualty toll from a missile attack early Saturday in Abu Dhabi has risen to six.
The Abu Dhabi Media Office said an additional Pakistani national was injured by falling debris in the vicinity of Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi when air defence systems intercepted a ballistic missile.
The attack caused three fires in the area, which have been brought under control, it said.
Kuwait’s international airport damaged in drone attack
The Kuwait International Airport was hit by drone attacks on Saturday, authorities said.
The Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement that the attacks severely damaged the airport’s radar systems.
No casualties were reported, it said.
Palestinian brothers killed in Israel strike on Gaza strip, says hospital
An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian brothers Saturday morning in the Gaza Strip, hospital authorities said.
The strike hit the men close to the Showa roundabout in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighbourhood, according to the Al-Ahly hospital.
The area is close to the so-called Yellow Line, which separates Israeli-controlled areas across the Gaza Strip from the rest of the enclave.
Israel’s military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Oman reports drone attack on Salalah port
Oman said the strike hit Salalah port Saturday morning, wounding a foreign worker. The government media office said the two-drone attack also damaged a crane.
Houthis claim responsibility for missile attack on Israel
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Israel, their first since the war in the Middle East started.
Brig Gen Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for the Houthis, issued the claim in a statement aired Saturday morning by the rebels’ Al-Masirah satellite television.
The Israeli military said it intercepted the missile.
The attack came hours after Saree signalled in a vague statement Friday that the rebels would join the war that shocked the region and rattled the global economy.
He said the rebels fired a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting what he described as “sensitive Israeli military sites” in southern Israel.
More than two dozen US troops wounded in Iran strikes on Saudi air base in the past week: Sources
More than two dozen US troops have been wounded in Iranian attacks on a Saudi air base in the past week, according to two people who have been briefed on the matter.
Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan air base in a Friday attack that wounded at least 15 troops, including five seriously, according to the sources who were not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity. US officials initially reported that at least 10 US troops were injured, including two seriously wounded.
The base had come under attack twice earlier this week, including an incident that injured 14 US troops, according to the people who had been briefed on the matter.
Located about 96 km from the Saudi capital of Riyadh, the base is run by the Royal Saudi Air Force, but is also used by US troops.
