[News] 'Achieved Objective’ - Yemen's Ansarallah Targets Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport

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'Achieved Objective’ - Yemen's Ansarallah Targets Israel’s Ben-Gurion
AirportDecember 27, 2024
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Yayha Saree addresses the crowd in Sana'a. (Photo: video grab)

*By Palestine Chronicle Staff
<https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff>*

The attacks follow Israel’s bombing of several targets in Yemen on Thursday
night, including the Sanaa International Airport, killing at least two
airport employees.

The Yemeni Armed Forces, affiliated with the Ansarallah movement, confirmed
it had targeted the Ben Gurion Airport in the Israeli capital early on
Friday with a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile.

“The missile succeeded in reaching its target despite the enemy’s secrecy,
and the operation led to casualties and the suspension of air traffic at
the airport,” said the movement’s spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya
Saree in an official announcement.

Saree also said the armed forces targeted a vital Israeli site in Tel Aviv
using a drone, which “achieved its objective successfully.”

In addition, it targeted the ship, Santa Ursula, in the Arabian Sea east of
Socotra Island “with a number of drones, and the hit was direct.”
Israel’s Attacks on Yemen

According to the Times of Israel, the Israeli army claimed the missile “was
successfully downed by air defenses, and there were no reports of impacts
at the airport.”

The attacks follow Israel’s bombing of several targets in Yemen on Thursday
night, including the Sanaa International Airport and the Ras Isra oil port
in Al-Hudaydah. At least three people were killed in the attacks and
several were injured.

“This aggression will only increase the determination and resolve of the
great Yemeni people to continue supporting the Palestinian people, in
fulfillment of their religious, moral and humanitarian duty,” said Saree.

He emphasized that their operations “will not stop until the aggression on
Gaza strops and the siege is lifted.”

The World Health Organization (WHO) Chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, was about to
board his flight at the airport when Israeli airstrikes targeted
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the site.

Two airport employees were killed and the assistant to the UN plane’s
captain was injured in the attack, according to Ansarallah.
Ongoing Genocide

The ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7,
2023, has led to a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented scale. As the death
toll among besieged and starved Palestinian civilians continues to rise
daily, Israel is currently facing charges of genocide against Palestinians
before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, at least 45,436 Palestinians have
been killed, and 108,038 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza
starting on October 7, 2023. The toll is expected to rise further, with at
least 11,000 people still unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble
of their homes across Gaza.

The war, which Palestinians call “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” began after a
military operation carried out by Hamas on Israeli territory. Israel
reports that 1,200 of its soldiers and civilians were killed during the
initial attack on October 7. However, Israeli media have raised concerns
that a significant number of Israeli casualties were caused by ‘friendly
fire’ during the assault.
Humanitarian Catastrophe

Human rights organizations, both Palestinian and international, have
reported that the overwhelming majority of the casualties in Gaza are women
and children. The ongoing violence has also exacerbated an acute famine,
with thousands of children among the dead, highlighting the severity of the
humanitarian disaster.

The war has displaced nearly two million people from their homes across
Gaza, with the majority of the displaced forced into the already
overcrowded southern region of the Strip. The population in Gaza remains
trapped in the ongoing conflict, with little access to basic necessities
such as food, water, and medical care.

*(The Palestine Chronicle)*
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