- Title: Yemen's Houthis claim 'hypersonic missile' strike on Israel’s Tel Aviv
- Date: 21st December 2024
- Summary: Yemen's Houthis claim 'hypersonic missile' strike on Israel’s Tel Aviv SHOTLIST SANAA, YEMEN (DEC. 21, 2024) (USERS MUST CREDIT "HOUTHI PRESS OFFICE" HANDOUT RELEASED ON SEPT. 28 ---EDITORIAL USE ONLY) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HOUTHI MILITARY SPOKESMAN YAHYA SAREE SAYING: "Triumphing for the oppression of the Palestinian people and in response to the massacres against our people in Gaza, and within the fifth scope of the supportive stages in the battle of the promised conquest and the holy jihad and in retaliation to the Israeli aggression against our country." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HOUTHI MILITARY SPOKESMAN YAHYA SAREE SAYING: “The missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces, targeted a military target of the Israeli enemy in the occupied area of Jaffa with a hypersonic ballistic missile, type Palestine 2.” 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HOUTHI MILITARY SPOKESMAN YAHYA SAREE SAYING: “The missile struck its target accurately and the defenses and interception systems failed to intercept it.” SCRIPT: Yemen's Houthi group claimed responsibility for a missile strike targeting central Israel on Saturday, Dec. 21. In a statement, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree announced that their fighters had launched a hypersonic ballistic missile aimed at "a military site of the Israeli enemy in the occupied Jaffa area." “The missile struck its target accurately, and the defenses and interception systems failed to intercept it,” Saree said. The announcement comes after the Houthis claimed multiple drone strikes on central and southern Israel on Friday and three more military operations against Israeli positions on Thursday, coinciding with Israeli airstrikes on Yemen's cities of Sana'a and Al Hudaydah. The Houthis, in solidarity with Gaza, which has been facing an Israeli genocidal war since Oct. 7, 2023, have targeted Israeli cargo ships or those associated with Tel Aviv in the Red Sea with missiles and drones, expressing a determination to continue operations until the end of the onslaught on the enclave. Since the beginning of 2024, a coalition led by the US has been conducting airstrikes that it said are targeting Houthi locations in parts of Yemen in response to attacks by the group in the Red Sea. The counterattacks have been occasionally met with retaliation from the group. With the intervention of Washington and London and an escalation of tensions, the Houthis announced that they consider all American and British ships military targets.
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