The Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen on Tuesday claimed to have attacked the international airport in Tel Aviv as well as targets in Jerusalem. Houthi military spokesman Yehya Saree said in a televised statement that Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport and an electricity plant in the Jerusalem area had been attacked with ballistic missiles.

The Houthis in Yemen launched their fifth missile attack on Israel in a week late Monday, as Israeli officials ratcheted up their warnings to the Iranian-backed group. The Houthis’ repeated attacks show that Israel’s retaliatory strikes and tough talk have failed to deter the group,

Israeli Ambassador to United Nations Danny Danon issued an open warning to the Houthi leadership. He said that Houthi will share the miserable same fate that Hamas and Hezbollah received.

At least 16 people were injured in a missile strike on Tel Aviv, the economic centre of Israel, in the early hours of Saturday.

Gaza Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday that they carried out two operations attacking Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv with a hypersonic ballistic missile and a power station in southern Jerusalem using a ballistic missile,

Danny Danon, has issued a "final warning" to the Houthis in Yemen due to their ongoing airstrikes. Jerusalem threatens the militants with a fate similar to that of Hamas and Hezbollah, reports Reuters.