Newshour - Houthis launch missile attack on Israel
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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement have launched a missile strike on Israel for first time since the war began.
The group says it fired a barrage of ballistic missiles "targeting sensitive Israeli military sites", after Israel says it intercepted a missile from Yemen. The intervention comes as Israel continues bombing Lebanon, aiming for the pro-Iranian Hezbollah, but catching many other Lebanese in its wake.
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(Photo shows a Houthi soldier operating a machine gun on a pickup truck in Sanaa, Yemen on 27 March 2026. Credit: Yahya Arhab/EPA)
Published on Saturday, 28th March 2026.
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