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Israel's PM says Houthis will pay a heavy price after striking central Israel with missile

Israel's PM says Houthis will pay a heavy price after striking central Israel with missile

By Mosese Raqio
16/09/2024
Photo:BBC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Yemen's Houthis will pay a heavy price after a missile fired by the group landed in central Israel.

The Israeli military says the missile landed in an uninhabited area early yesterday, but that shrapnel indicated air defence systems had failed to destroy it before it entered Israeli airspace.

They say that they are investigating how the missile was able to reach so far into Israeli territory.

The strike marks the first time a missile fired by the group has reached central Israel, which is around 2,000km from Yemen.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says there had been repeated attempts to shoot the missile down yesterday but it was most likely fragmented in mid-air.

The Houthis claimed the operation used a new type of hypersonic missile, which may help explain the failure of efforts to intercept it.

Source: BBC News

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