DUBAI, November 8. /TASS/. The Houthis from the Ansar Allah rebel movement in Yemen used a hypersonic missile to strike an Israeli airbase in the Negev desert, the movement’s spokesman, Yahya Sarea, said.

“The missile troops of the Yemeni armed forces conducted a military operation and attacked the Nevatim airbase in the Negev in southern occupied Palestine with a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile,” the Houthi-held said. Al Masirah television channel.

According to Sarea, the missile “successfully hit its target”.

On Friday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that a rocket fired from Yemen was intercepted.

Following the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis have warned that they will launch strikes on Israeli territory while preventing the passage of ships associated with the Jewish state through the waters of the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Tel Aviv. military operation against the radical Palestinian group Hamas in the disputed enclave. Since mid-November, dozens of civilian ships have been attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

In response to Ansar Allah’s actions, the US authorities announced the creation of an international coalition and preparations for an operation codenamed Prosperity Guardian, which will ensure freedom of navigation and the protection of ships in the Red Sea. Since then, the United States and the United Kingdom have regularly launched strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.