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The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday, a day after the Houthi-held capital Sanaa was hit by fresh airstrikes. Sirens sounded in areas of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea on Saturday as "a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted ... prior to crossing into Israeli territory," the Israeli military said.
The U.S. has been targeting Houthi facilities in Yemen and has long carried out military activities in the country.
Israeli forces unleashed a series of strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the western city of ... concerned about intensified escalation in Yemen and Israel,” the statement added.
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On Dec. 30 and 31, U.S. Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV). (U.S. Central Command Public Affairs)
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday, a day after the Huthi-held capital Sanaa was hit by fresh air strikes. The Israeli military said the same day a missile launched from Yemen had been intercepted.
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The targets struck by U.S. forces had been used to attack American warships and commercial vessels, officials said.
Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing arrest warrants for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has vowed Israel will sever 'the terrorist arm of Iran's axis of evil', and Defence Minister Israel Katz has vowed to 'hunt down all of the Houthi leaders'.
This is the second time in four days the group has said it has destroyed an American attack drone and comes after the US launched strikes on Yemen's capital.