The Israeli military has said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, one day after shooting down two projectiles launched by Houthis, Reuters reports.

Yemen’s Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that it fired a ballistic missile toward Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, the group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said in a televised statement earlier today.

Saree said the attack against Israel was the group’s third in 48 hours.

He issued a warning to airlines that the Israeli airport was “no longer safe for air travel and would continue to be so until the Israeli aggression against Gaza ends and the blockade is lifted”.

However, the airport’s website seemed to be operating normally and showed a list of scheduled flights.

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