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Passengers run in terror as Houthis target Israel airport
The Independent
|May 05, 2025
ALEXANDER CORNWELL
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A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels landed near Israel's Ben Gurion Airport yesterday, sending a plume of smoke into the air and causing panic among passengers in the terminal building.
The Houthis claimed responsibility for the missile, the group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised statement.
He repeated a warning to airlines that Israel's main international airport was "no longer safe for air travel".
The Iran-aligned Houthis have recently intensified missile attacks on Israel, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.A senior Israeli police commander, Yair Hetzroni, showed reporters a crater caused by the impact of the missile, which airport authorities said had landed beside a road near a parking lot. "You can see the scene right behind us here, a hole that opened up with a diameter of tens of metres and also tens of metres deep," he said, adding that there was no significant damage.
This story is from the May 05, 2025 edition of The Independent.
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