DUBAI
\nIsrael said it shot down a missile launched from Yemen and the Yemeni Houthi movement said it had fired several missiles at the Israeli city of Eilat after Israel\u2019s first public strike against the group a day earlier.
\nThe Houthis have launched missiles and drones at Israel and disrupted global trade through the Red Sea in response to Israel\u2019s assault on Gaza, further
\ndestabilising the Middle East as war in the Palestinian enclave rages on after nine months.
\nIsrael says the Houthis have launched 200 attacks against it since the Gaza war began, many of them intercepted and most of them not deadly.
\nBut a rare Houthi drone strike on Friday hit Tel Aviv and killed one person, prompting Israel to announce its first strikes against the group on Saturday. The strikes by warplanes hit near the Yemeni port of Hodeidah and killed six people, local medics said.
\nThe Houthi movement, known formally as Ansar Allah, said on Sunday it would continue to attack Israel in response. Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam told Qatar\u2019s Al Jazeera TV there would be \u201cno red lines \u2026 all sensitive institutions \u2026 will be a target for us.\u201d
\nThe Israeli military said its Arrow 3 missile defence system had shot down a surface-to-surface missile projectile launched from Yemen on Sunday before it crossed into Israeli territory.
\nBefore the interception, air raid sirens sounded in the Red Sea port city of Eilat, sending residents running for shelter.
\nSunday\u2019s attack prolonged an escalation of violence between Israel and the Houthis that began with the Houthi drone strike that hit the centre of Tel Aviv on Friday. One man was killed and four other people were wounded, officials said.
\nThe Israeli warplanes\u2019 air raid on Hodeidah on Saturday killed six people and wounded more than 80, medical sources in Yemen told Reuters, describing all as civilians.
\nImages from the scene showed a fiery blaze and dense smoke rising from the site of the strike. A Houthi-run TV channel said the strikes had hit an oil facility and power station.
\nThe exchanges are part of a spillover from the Gaza war that has drawn in regional and world powers. The war began on Oct. 7 after a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel in which about 1,200 people were killed and over 250 taken hostage back to Gaza, according to Israeli authorities.
\nIsrael has since bombed and invaded Gaza as part of what it says is a campaign to eliminate Hamas, killing nearly 39,000 people, according to health officials in the enclave.
\nThe Houthis, who control much of the north of Yemen and other large population centres, have previously claimed targeting Eilat and other attacks directed at Israel, saying they are acting in retaliation for Israel\u2019s war on Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DUBAI Israel said it shot down a missile launched from Yemen and the Yemeni Houthi movement said it had fired several missiles at the Israeli city of Eilat after Israel\u2019s first public strike against the group a day earlier. The Houthis have launched missiles and drones at Israel and disrupted global trade through the Red […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-419975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n