Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants mentioned on Friday (Sep 27) they’d focused the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashkelon together with three US destroyers within the Purple Sea with missiles and drones in help of Gaza and Lebanon.
The Israeli military mentioned it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen after sirens had been heard.
The Houthis’ army spokesperson mentioned operations won’t halt till Israel’s offensives in Gaza and Lebanon cease.
The group attacked Tel Aviv with a ballistic missile and launched a drone in direction of Ashkelon in southern Israel, Yahya Sarea mentioned.
“We’ll perform extra army operations in opposition to the Israeli enemy to triumph for the sake of our brothers’ blood in Palestine and Lebanon,” he added in a televised speech.
Sarea additionally mentioned, in a separate televised speech, that the group had concurrently focused three US destroyers within the Purple Sea with 23 ballistic and winged missiles and a drone whereas the vessels had been on their technique to help Israel.
The US army didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark
Israeli strikes have killed more than 600 people in Lebanon since Monday, with the battle between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah at its most intense in additional than 18 years.
Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel for nearly a 12 months in help of allied Palestinian militant group Hamas, which is combating Israel in Gaza.