The Israeli military stated on Thursday that it has once again intercepted a rocket fired from Yemen.

In several areas of Israel, including the coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv and other locations in the centre of the country, alarm sirens sounded.

According to official reports, there were initially no reports of injuries or significant damage.

Due to the rocket alarm, the final of the Israeli football cup had to be interrupted. According to the Israeli TV channel N12, about 30,000 football fans were in the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv.

A few minutes after the alarm, the players from the teams Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Be’er Sheva were able to return to the pitch and continue the match.

The Houthi militia claimed that they attacked the airport in Tel Aviv with a hypersonic missile. They asserted that operations at the international airport came to a standstill and “millions” of people rushed to shelters. According to the news site Ynet, the airport resumed normal operations shortly after the missile alert and only some planes had to delay take-offs and landings.

In recent days, there have been repeated alarms in various locations in Israel due to rockets launched from Yemen. Most of these are intercepted. However, three weeks ago, a projectile hit near the international airport by Tel Aviv for the first time.

Since the beginning of the Gaza war in October 2023, the pro-Iranian Houthi militia has been regularly attacking Israel with rockets and drones, which they claim is an expression of their solidarity with the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement.

After the end of the ceasefire in mid-March, the attacks increased. Israel’s air force responded with airstrikes on militia targets in Yemen, such as in the port city of Hodeidah.