The Houthis announced an attack on Israel's "vital target" in Haifa.

The Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) announced on May 2 that it had launched a hypersonic ballistic missile attack on Israel's "vital target" in the Haifa area.

"The missile forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces conducted a military operation to strike a vital Israeli enemy facility," the movement wrote on its Telegram channel.

It clarifies that the attack was carried out "as a sign of rejection of Israel's actions in Gaza." According to Ansar Allah, it will continue its operations to support and establish a naval blockade of Israel from the Red and Arabian Seas.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), in turn, said in its Telegram channel that it had detected a missile launched from Yemen and sent an interceptor.

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