Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Yemen hutis rebels He launched a missile at dawn on Wednesday to northern Israel, a rare objective for the group while an intense one -month American air attack campaign continues to attack them.
The sirens sounded in Haifa, Krayot and other areas west of the Sea of Galilee, said the Israeli army.
“An interceptor was launched towards the missile, and the missile was probably successfully intercepted,” said the Israeli army.
Those who are in the area could here in the dark.
The hutis did not immediately claim the attack, although they can take hours or even recognize their assaults.
Meanwhile, US air attacks continued to attack the Hutis on Wednesday morning, part of a campaign that began on March 15. The Hutis reported strikes in the governorates of Hodeida, Marib and Saada. In Marib, the Hutis described a telecommunications team that hits the strike, which has previously been an objective of Americans.
The central command of the US Army. UU. He did not respond immediately to a request for comments.
The United States is pointing to the hutis due to the group’s attacks against shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial global commercial route and in Israel. The hutis are the last militant group in the “Axis of Resistance” Self -Disquisher of Iran that is able to regularly attack Israel.
The new American operation against the Hutis under President Donald Trump is more extensive that the attacks against the group were under President Joe Biden, An AP review found. The new campaign began after the rebels Threatened to start attacking “Israelí” ships Again about Israel blocking help when you enter Gaza’s strip.
From November 2023 to this January, the Hutis pointed to more than 100 merchant ships with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors. That has largely reduced the trade flow through the Red Sea corridor, which generally sees that $ 1 billion of goods move through it annually. The hutis also launched attacks aimed at American warships without success.
Evaluating the toll of the American air attack campaign has been difficult because the army has not published information about the attacks, including what was attacked and how many people were killed. Meanwhile, hutis strictly control access to attacked areas and do not publish complete information about strikes, many of which have probably directed military and security sites.
Last week, A strike in the Ras Isa fuel port He killed at least 74 people and wounded another 171 in the most fatal attack in the US campaign.
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Associated Press Natalie Melzer writer in Nahariya, Israel, contributed to this report.
