The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said it had detected a missile fired from Yemen towards Israeli territory. According to news agencies Reuters and AFP, it was the first missile fired from Yemen since the start of the war.
“The IDF has detected a missile launch from Yemen towards Israeli territory and air defense systems are working to intercept this threat,” the Israeli military wrote on Telegram.
Less than 15 minutes later, the IDF announced that people across the country could come out of safe havens.
The development came after a statement in which a spokesman for the Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi movement said that if attacks on Iran continued, they would join the Middle East war.
Yahya Saree, a spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces (Houthi faction), said in a statement on Telegram that “our fingers are on the trigger for direct military intervention” and that these measures will be taken in the following cases:
If another country joins the US and Israel against Iran
If the Red Sea is used for “hostile actions by the US and Israel against Iran or any Muslim country”
If tensions against Iran increase further
The statement said that this position has been taken in response to “the ongoing aggression by the US and Israel against Iran, Palestine and Gaza, Iraq and Lebanon.”
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