'Whoever raises their hand against Israel will have their hand cut off,' Israel Katz warns Houthis
Defense Minister Israel Katz denounced the Houthis firing a missile towards central Israel on Sunday, stating that the Yemen-based terror group will "pay with compound interest for every attempt to fire at Israel," in a post on his personal X/Twitter.
"We are imposing an air and sea blockade on them that hurts them greatly, and this morning we struck infrastructure and energy targets. This is just the beginning. The continuation will be strong and painful," he added.
"Whoever raises a hand against Israel - their hand will be cut off," he concluded.
This came after sirens sounded across central Israel, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
The IDF successfully intercepted the missile, the military confirmed, and no injuries were reported, Magen David Adom added. Ben-Gurion Airport temporarily closed air traffic due to the sirens sounding.
The missile, in turn, followed the IDF, striking an energy infrastructure site that was used by the Houthis in Yemen, the military confirmed on Sunday morning.
According to the IDF, the strikes were conducted in response to repeated attacks by Houthis against Israel and Israeli civilians, including launching surface-to-surface missiles and drones toward Israeli territory.
Army Radio reported that the Israel Navy struck in Yemen and targeted the Haziz power station. The report compared the strike to an earlier one this year in the port of Hodeidah.
The Houthi-run Beirut-based Al Masirah TV reported earlier that a power plant south of the Yemeni capital Sanaa was hit by an "aggression," knocking some of its generators out of service. The Yemeni channel did not identify the source of the reported "aggression."
Were senior Houthi terrorists present during the strike?
Senior Houthi leaders were at the power station at the time of the strike, according to a report by UK-based outlet The Telegraph.
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