SANAA, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group said in a statement on Monday that they have launched a "hypersonic missile" toward Israel, hitting a military target in Tel Aviv.
"In support to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, we carried out a military operation targeting a military target of the Israeli enemy in the occupied Jaffa area with a hypersonic ballistic missile," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in the statement, referring to Tel Aviv.
"The operation has successfully achieved its objectives," he claimed.
The Houthi group "will continue to carry out more military operations against Israel," he said, adding that "these operations will not stop until the aggression on Gaza is stopped and the siege is lifted."
Earlier in the day, Israeli media reported that sirens sounded in Tel Aviv after a rocket was fired from Yemen.
Also on Monday, two Yemeni government military sources told Xinhua that the U.S.-British coalition launched a missile strike at a mobile rocket launcher of the Houthis in the area of Bahis in northwestern Yemen's Hajjah province, off the Red Sea.
Houthi-run al-Masirah TV has confirmed the strike but said it was carried out by a fighter jet of the coalition.
On Sunday, the Houthi military authorities said that the U.S. and British aircraft have conducted "a new aggression" against targets in the adjacent province of Hodeidah. Medics told Xinhua at least five Houthi fighters were killed and seven others wounded in the strike.
The U.S. side has yet to comment on these alleged strikes.
Since November 2023, the Houthi group has been conducting missile and drone attacks on what it said were "Israeli-linked" ships in regional waters and beyond, as well as targets in Israel, to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid their conflict with Israelis.
In response, the U.S.-British naval coalition stationed in the region has since January conducted air raids and missile strikes against Houthi targets to deter the group. ■
