Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate against Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they fired a missile at Tel Aviv, warning that Israel would target what he described as the last remaining arm of “Iran’s axis of evil”.
The Houthis struck Israel’s commercial hub on Saturday with what they claimed was a ballistic missile, injuring 16 people and forcing many to leave their homes following the predawn attack.
“As we acted with force against the terrorist arms of Iran’s axis of evil, so we will act against the Houthis … with force, determination and sophistication,” Netanyahu said in a video statement on Sunday.
Saturday’s strike on Tel Aviv was the second such attack on Israel by the Houthis last week, and one of several since the war in Gaza broke out.
The Iranian-backed Houthis say they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians as the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza rages on.