Air-raid sirens were activated in the greater Jerusalem area and in Judea on Thursday night after Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists fired a ballistic missile at the Jewish state, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed.
“Following alerts that were activated a short time ago in several areas of the country, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted. The alerts were triggered according to policy,” the military stated in a post on X.
🚨Sirens sounding in the areas of Jerusalem & Judea and Samaria due to Houthi projectile fire from Yemen🚨 pic.twitter.com/PTLfHXfD64
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 5, 2025
The aerial attack forced more than a million Israelis into shelters, including thousands of participants in the right-wing protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. Participants were urged to stay down during the alarms, Ynet reported.
On Wednesday night, the IDF confirmed that it had intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle “launched from the east,” with local media reporting the suicide drone was sent by the Houthis from Yemen.
According to reports, the drone fell near the Negev Desert agricultural community of Be’er Milka, located close to Israel’s border with Egypt. No damages or casualties were reported in the attempted UAV strike.
The previous day, the IDF intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen by the Houthi terrorists. The aerial attack triggered air-raid sirens across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, as well as several southern communities. There were no reports of injuries or damage.
The Houthis have escalated assaults on the Jewish state in recent weeks, including a missile that hit near Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport on May 4.
In response, the Israel Air Force struck Sana’a International Airport on May 28, destroying the last operational aircraft used by the Houthis. The strike followed a previous operation on May 6 that targeted the airport.
“This is a clear message and a direct continuation of the policy we established: Whoever fires at the State of Israel will pay a heavy price,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed after the latest airstrikes in Yemen.
