Houthis say they launched a missile targeting Israel
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday claimed they launched a missile targeting Israel.
Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree made the claim in a prerecorded video message, claiming that the rebels launched a Palestine-2 ballistic missile he described as a “hypersonic” toward a military base.
The Israeli military said it “intercepted one projectile that approached Israel from the direction of Yemen.” The Israelis also said the fire did not enter Israeli territory.
The Houthis have launched missiles and targeted ships through the Red Sea corridor over the ongoing Mideast wars. The rebels separately said sites in the country came under attack in likely U.S. airstrikes early Monday morning, something not immediately acknowledged by the Americans.
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AP needs a reminder that racism is always wrong. For instance, there may be a group in Yemen that you could call Houthi--let's Google that word: "The Houthi movement, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaidi Shias, with their namesake leadership being drawn largely from the Houthi tribe." Including Wikipedia's grammatical error. So I doubt that all members of the Houthi tribe support the current government of Yemen, which Naharnet and AP call "the Houthis". If you control the territory, you get recognized as the government.
