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Yemen’s Huthi rebels on Monday blamed Washington for around 10 strikes in and around the capital Sanaa after a missile fired by the Iran-backed group struck the area of Israel’s main airport.

The Huthi-run Saba news agency said the strikes included two targeting Arbaeen street in the capital as well as one on the airport road, blaming them on “American aggression”.

The rebels’ health ministry said 14 people were wounded in the Sawan neighbourhood, according to Saba.

The Huthis, who control…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed a response to Yemen’s Huthis and their Iranian backers after the rebels struck the area of Israel’s main airport, wounding six people and prompting several major airlines to suspend flights.

The strike came hours before Israel’s army confirmed the call-up of “tens of thousands” of reservists to expand the 19-month war in Gaza against Palestinian militants Hamas.

The military confirmed that the attack, which gouged a large crater in the…

A missile launched from Yemen struck near Israel’s main international airport on Sunday, authorities said, an attack that briefly halted air traffic and triggered threats of retaliation.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the missile fire, which follows a series of attacks by Yemen’s Huthi rebels.

Police reported a “missile impact” near Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv after the military said that “several attempts were made to intercept” it.

It was not…