<p>Cairo: The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile that was launched from Yemen towards Israel on Tuesday evening, and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility. Sirens were heard in several places in Israel.</p><p>The militia group fired a hypersonic ballistic missile towards Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, according to the group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree.</p><p>President Donald Trump announced on May 6 that the U.S. would stop bombing the Houthis as the group agreed to stop attacking U.S. ships, part of a 17-month campaign against Red Sea shipping intended to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.</p><p>But the Houthis have continued to fire missiles and drones towards Israel, most of which the Israeli military says it has intercepted, without casualties or serious damage occurring.</p>.Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills wounded journalist.<p>Israel has been fighting a war in Gaza since a deadly raid by Palestinian militant group Hamas into southern Israel in October 2023, which prompted Israel's war in Gaza.</p><p>The Houthis are part of Iran's so-called Axis of Resistance against Israeli and U.S. interests in the Middle East, a group also including Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah.</p><p>Israel has weakened those groups by assassinating top leaders and destroying military infrastructure since the Gaza war began, though Houthi capabilities appear largely intact.</p>
<p>Cairo: The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile that was launched from Yemen towards Israel on Tuesday evening, and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility. Sirens were heard in several places in Israel.</p><p>The militia group fired a hypersonic ballistic missile towards Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, according to the group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree.</p><p>President Donald Trump announced on May 6 that the U.S. would stop bombing the Houthis as the group agreed to stop attacking U.S. ships, part of a 17-month campaign against Red Sea shipping intended to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.</p><p>But the Houthis have continued to fire missiles and drones towards Israel, most of which the Israeli military says it has intercepted, without casualties or serious damage occurring.</p>.Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills wounded journalist.<p>Israel has been fighting a war in Gaza since a deadly raid by Palestinian militant group Hamas into southern Israel in October 2023, which prompted Israel's war in Gaza.</p><p>The Houthis are part of Iran's so-called Axis of Resistance against Israeli and U.S. interests in the Middle East, a group also including Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah.</p><p>Israel has weakened those groups by assassinating top leaders and destroying military infrastructure since the Gaza war began, though Houthi capabilities appear largely intact.</p>