Israeli forces said they intercepted a ballistic missile launched by an Iran-backed Houtis in Yemen on Tuesday.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that sirens rang out in southern Israel after the missile was launched from Yemen. The Israeli Air Force said it intercepted the missile before it crossed over Israeli territory.
President Donald Trump's order of US strike against Yemen's Houtsis over the weekend is believed to have prevented terrorist groups from resuming their attacks on Israel early.
Fox News sent around 15 million people to bomb shelters in the central and southern desert Negev regions as a precautionary measure from the intercepted shelter on Tuesday.
Israel refuses to release hostages, and then ceases when Israel hits Gaza
Houthi supporters chanted the slogan on March 17, 2025 during an anti-US and anti-Israel rally in Sana'a, Yemen. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
The Houthi attack came hours after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed when US officials said they had refused to release more Israeli hostages.
There are still 59 hostages in Gaza, but Israel believes that only 24 of the living are alive.
Smoke rises after Israeli artillery fire in the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israel attacked the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, eliminating the head of Hamas government and other major terrorist leaders.
Trump's vision set in Iran after US airstrikes destroy more than 30 Houthi targets
At least 404 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, run by Hamas. The number of deaths has not been independently verified.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu During airstrikes on Tuesday, I met with security guards at Kiriya, the Israeli Pentagon version.
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“Israel will now act against Hamas, increasing its military power,” Netanyahu's office wrote in a series of posts on X when the airstrikes began.
Yonat Friling, Rachel Wolf, Louis Casiano, Landon Mion and Anders Hagstrom of Fox News contributed to this report.
