The Houthis made their claims after the IDF announced the IAF had intercepted a Houthi missile before it reached Israeli territory late on Monday night.

The Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen on Tuesday claimed to have attacked the international airport in Tel Aviv as well as targets in Jerusalem. Houthi military spokesman Yehya Saree said in a televised statement that Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport and an electricity plant in the Jerusalem area had been attacked with ballistic missiles.

Yemen's Houthis announced yesterday that, it launched a“hypersonic ballistic missile” targeting Israel's Ben Gurion Airpo

As tensions with Israel escalate, Yemen-based Houthi rebels launched a deadly attack targeting Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and a power station in Jerusalem with a hypersonic missile. Ben Gurion Airport briefly halted operations after missile interception over Israeli skies.

The Houthi rebels announced that they had attacked Israel's Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and U.S. warship in the Red Sea in three different attacks. The rebels said that they first targeted the Ben Gurion airport with Palestine 2 ballistic missile and then a power station near Jerusalem with Zulfiqar ballistic missile.