Tel Aviv (South24 Center)

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Israel briefly suspended air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday (August 27) after alarm sirens went off following a missile launched from Yemen by the Iran-aligned Houthi group. Flights resumed after the missile was successfully intercepted, according to Israeli broadcast authorities.

The Israeli military confirmed its air force had successfully intercepted the missile, noting that alerts had been activated across wide areas including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and the Dead Sea region.

The Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah channel broadcast footage purportedly showing the missile reaching Israeli airspace, and claimed the attack forced "millions of Israelis into shelters" and temporarily halted airport operations. The channel stated that the Houthi group would later issue a detailed statement on the operation.

This marks the first missile attack by the Houthis against Israel since the August 23 Israeli airstrikes that targeted several key sites in Sana'a, which according to the group killed at least 10 people and wounded 92 others.

Al-Masirah reported that the Israeli strikes had hit an oil facility on Sixty Street, the Haziz power station, the presidential palace, and fuel tanks, causing extensive destruction.

Earlier, the Israeli military stated that a missile launched by the Houthis on Friday (August 22) was equipped with Iranian-supplied multi-explosive cluster munitions, describing the weapon as "difficult to intercept and representing a new threat”. The Houthis confirmed the missile was Iranian-made and designed to counter Israeli defenses.

This escalation has coincided with the intensified Houthi attacks against Israel-linked vessels in the Red Sea.

Houthi leader Abdulmalik Al-Houthi stated in a televised speech on Thursday (August 21) that his forces had targeted two ships in the northern Red Sea within one week, emphasizing that "the ban on Israeli navigation continues in the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden”.

In mid-August, he had announced targeting another vessel in the far northern Red Sea, as part of what the Houthis describe as "support operations for Gaza”.