{"id":2430667,"date":"2025-05-04T09:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T13:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missile-from-yemen-halts-flights-in-israel-hours-before-gaza-war-vote\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T09:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T13:19:14","slug":"missile-from-yemen-halts-flights-in-israel-hours-before-gaza-war-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missile-from-yemen-halts-flights-in-israel-hours-before-gaza-war-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Missile from Yemen halts flights in Israel hours before Gaza war vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmissile-from-yemen-halts-flights-in-israel-hours-before-gaza-war-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2430667&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Sunday,a missile fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen caused temporarily halted flights and disrupted traffic at Ben-Gurion international Airport in Israel,resulting in a scene of panic among passengers. This incident occurred just hours before a critical vote by Israeli Cabinet ministers on whether to escalate military operations in Gaza. The missile impact,which left a plume of smoke and a crater near the airport,led to air raid sirens ringing in multiple regions and light injuries to four individuals. While some airlines canceled flights in response to the attack, military spokespersons from the Houthis asserted that the missile targeted the airport in solidarity with Palestinians amid ongoing conflicts. Israeli officials reported that air, road, and rail services resumed roughly an hour after the missile strike, and Defense Minister Israel Katz promised severe repercussions for the attack.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">A missile from Yemen halts flights in Israel hours before top officials vote on plans for Gaza war<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2106476\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>BEN-GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> A missile launched by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/houthis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen<\/a>&nbsp;on Sunday briefly halted flights and commuter traffic at Israel&rsquo;s main international airport after an impact left a plume of smoke and caused panic among passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthi rebels have been striking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> throughout the war in Gaza in solidarity with Palestinians. The attack on Ben-Gurion International Airport came hours before top Israeli Cabinet ministers were set to vote on <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-04-05-2025-44737a4e5eba0bdd2cfe9b008b600d0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">whether to intensify<\/a> the country&rsquo;s&nbsp;military operations in the Gaza Strip. The army meanwhile began calling up thousands of reserves in anticipation of a wider operation in Gaza, officials said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3399761\/trump-cardinal-dolan-pope-american-pontiff-unlikely\/\">Trump likes Cardinal Dolan for pope, but an American pontiff seems a non-starter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3400318\/singapore-long-ruling-party-wins-landslide-election-boost-new-prime-minister\/\">Singapore&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-gets-his-texas-wish-spacex-launch-site-is-approved-as-the-new-city-of-starbase-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Musk gets his Texas wish. 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Passengers were heard yelling and scrambling for cover.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear whether the projectile, which landed in a field near an access road leading to airport parking lots, was the missile or its fragments, or an interceptor from Israel&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-strikes-back-at-syria-after-missile-defense-shield-fails\/\" title=\"... Strikes Back At Syria After ... Defense Shield Fails\">air defense systems<\/a>. It left a deep crater in the ground and a nearby road was littered with dirt.<\/p>\n<p>Police said that air, road and rail traffic were halted following the attack. The traffic resumed after about an hour, Israel Airports Authority said. Israel&rsquo;s paramedic service Magen David Adom said four people were lightly wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli media said <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">multiple international airlines cancelld flights<\/a> following the strike. The war with Hamas and then Hezbollah in Lebanon had led a wave of airlines to suspend flights to Israel but they have since returned to pre-war levels.<\/p>\n<p>Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said in a video statement that the group fired a hypersonic ballistic missile at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Houthi rebels have been firing at Israel since the war with Gaza erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, and the missiles have mostly been intercepted, although&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-yemen-mideast-bffc2f7ae556942e2e6760720d63038c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">some have penetrated<\/a>&nbsp;Israel&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-releases-woke-cartoon-recruitment-ad-after-woke-cia-ads-mocked\/\" title=\"Army Releases Woke Cartoon Recruitment Ad After Woke CIA Ads Mocked\">missile defense systems<\/a>, causing damage.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3399239\/gaza-aid-ship-attack-drone-malta-coast-israeli-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HUMANITARIAN SHIP HEADED FOR GAZA PURPORTEDLY ATTACKED BY DRONES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israel has struck back against the rebels in Yemen and the U.S., Israel&rsquo;s top ally, also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yemen-houthi-us-airstrikes-israel-hamas-takeaways-0d080ffc7c01b423cb81ec27713cdbc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">launched a campaign of strikes<\/a>&nbsp;in March against them.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed retribution for the airport attack: &ldquo;Whoever harms us, we will harm them sevenfold.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2106476\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2106476\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A missile from Yemen disrupts flights in Israel before key votes on Gaza war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2430668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AP25124286495561.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4671,8746,5517],"class_list":["post-2430667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-israel","tag-missile","tag-yemen"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AP25124286495561.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2430667"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430671,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430667\/revisions\/2430671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}