[News] Yemeni Missile Strikes Ben Gurion – Israel Orders Evacuation of Yemeni Ports

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Yemeni Missile Strikes Ben Gurion – Israel Orders Evacuation of Yemeni PortsMay
14, 2025
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Yahya Saree, the military spokesman for Yemen's Ansarallah. (Photo:
Al-Jazeera, video grab)

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

The Israeli military issued a warning on Wednesday for the evacuation of
three ports in Yemen.

The Yemeni Armed Forces, affiliated with the Ansarallah movement, launched
a hypersonic ballistic missile targeting Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on
Wednesday.

“The missile successfully hit its target,” spokesperson Brigadier General
Yahya Saree announced, adding that it was “the third missile attack in less
than 24 hours.”

In an earlier attack, targeting the airport, the Zulfiqar ballistic missile
was used, the spokesman said.

Saree said the “missile successfully achieved its target” and forced
“millions” of Israelis “to flee to shelters and halting air traffic at the
airport for nearly an hour.”

He emphasized the operations aimed “to end the aggression against our
steadfast and patient people in the Gaza Strip.”
Call to Lift Aid Blockade

Saree reiterated that the YAF affirmed that these ongoing operations “will
not be ceased until the aggression against Gaza stops and the blockade is
lifted.”

Citing Israeli media, Al Mayadeen reported that a warning via a push
notification to cellphones was issued advising Israelis to seek shelter as
a precaution.

The Times of Israel reported that the missile attack on Tuesday evening
resulted in the injury of two women who were hurt on their way to bomb
shelters.
Warning to Yemen Ports

Meanwhile, the Israeli military issued a warning on Wednesday for the
evacuation of three ports in Yemen, stating that the areas to be targeted
are Ras Isa, Hodeidah, and Salif, the Al Jazeera Arabic news site reported.

This came shortly after it announced that air defenses had intercepted a
missile fired from Yemen, the third such attack within 24 hours.

“We urge you to evacuate these ports until further notice,” the Israeli
army’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee posted on X.

He added, “Evacuating ports will keep you safe.”
Air Traffic Halted

Al Jazeera also reported Israeli media as having said that air traffic at
Ben Gurion International Airport was halted during the missile
interception, noting that the Yemeni missile was close to reaching its
target before the successful interception.

Israeli media also reported that fragments of intercepted missiles fell in
settlements in the West Bank, while air raid sirens sounded in large areas
west of Jerusalem and in greater Tel Aviv, according to the report.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called the missile  attack on Israel
“a war crime.”

“This is daily life under these attacks. I believe this is a war crime.
They are aiming at civilians,” he is quoted
<https://www.timesofisrael.com/protesters-chanting-genocide-try-to-enter-saar-press-conference-in-tokyo/>
by The Times of Israel as having said.

Sa’ar spoke at a press conference in Japan on Wednesday morning.
Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrated outside the venue, carrying posters
calling him a “war criminal.”
Staggering Death Toll

Since Israel’s reneging on the ceasefire on March 18, it has killed and
wounded thousands of Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip through a
bloody and ongoing aerial bombardment.

On October 7, 2023, following a Palestinian Resistance operation in
southern Israel, the Israeli military launched a genocidal war against the
Palestinians, killing over 52,000, wounding more than 118,000, with over
14,000 still missing.

Despite habitual condemnation by many countries around the world of the
Israeli genocide, little has been done to hold Israel accountable.

Israel is currently under investigation for the crime of genocide by the
International Court of Justice, while accused war criminals — including
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — are now officially wanted by the
International Criminal Court.

The Israeli genocide has been largely defended, supported, and financed by
Washington and a few other Western powers.

*(PC, AJA, Al Mayadeen)*
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