Houthi missile, threat of Israeli response, 16 dead in an Israeli strike on Gaza … War news in the Middle East this Sunday, May 4-Liberation
A missile fell this Sunday on the grounds of Tel Aviv International Airport after a shot from Yemencausing a brief interruption of air traffic. The missile shot was claimed by the Houthi rebels, supported by Iran. « We have targeted Ben -Gurion airport with a hypersonic ballistic missile that has successfully reached its target », they said in a statement. The machine would have fallen into an area planted with trees alongside an access ramp for the parking lots of Terminal 3, the most important of the airport, less than a kilometer from the Tarmac.
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu promised reprisals against the Houthis of Yemen and Iran on Sunday, after the firing of a missile which affected the area of Ben-Gourion airport, near Tel Aviv. « We acted against them in the past and we will act in the future but I cannot detail (…) It will not happen in »A single boom » But there will be »a lot of boys », said the head of Israeli government in a video on his telegram channel. On X, the Prime Minister also said that “The attacks of the Houthis emanate from Iran. Israel will respond to the attack on the Houthis against our main airport and in due course and in place chosen by us, to their Iranian masters. ”
In the wake of this missile shot, the German air transport group Lufthansa announced this Sunday the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until Tuesday May 6, because of the « Current situation ». The Air India company followed the movement, also announcing the suspension of its flights to Tel Aviv until Tuesday « To ensure the safety of (their) customers and (their) personal ». British Airways announced a suspension until Wednesday. “The security of our customers and our crew is always our priority. We permanently monitor the operating conditions ”, wrote the British company.
The Israeli security firm must meet this Sunday at 7 p.m. locals (6 p.m. in Paris). The Israeli media announced on Saturday the meeting of this body, authorized to make strategic decisions, in order to validate a plan of expansion of the military offensive in Gaza. With this in mind, the Israeli army would have started to send Mobilization orders to reservistsplanning to recall tens of thousands. These reservists should replace called or active soldiers across the country as well as in the occupied West Bank so that they can be sent to fight in the Palestinian enclave.
The civil defense in Gaza announced this Sunday the death of 16 people, including at least three children, in several strikes on the small Palestinian territory War devastated and submitted by Israel a total blockade for more than two months. Six people were killed in night air strikes in the governorate of Khan Younès (southern Gaza Strip), said Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for this rescue service. Two of them were in a tent in Abassan, and four others, including two 5 and 2 years old boys, in an Al-Mawasi apartment. The civil defense then reported ten additional people killed in a strike on an al-mawasi tent, announcing that a child and seven women died.
Update : At 6:40 p.m., with the addition of Benyamin Netanyahu’s declaration on a response against Iran.
