On Sunday morning, the Houthis in Yemen launched a missile targeting Israel’s largest airport, where hundreds of people waited to board planes out of Israel.
The Houthi missile hit just 75 meters from Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport, narrowly avoiding a direct strike that could have triggered a full-scale war.
This needs a powerful response. pic.twitter.com/ySGvEmnshN
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) May 4, 2025
The missile was the fourth missile attack on Israel in 48 hours from the Houthis; the other three were intercepted.
“Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in a number of areas in Israel, a missile was launched from Yemen. Attempts were made to intercept the missile and the results of the interception are under review. Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol,” Israel Defense Forces announced.
The missile exploded near the main international terminal of Ben Gurion airport. Three people were slightly injured.
The massive crater created by the Houthi ballistic missile impact this morning near Ben Gurion International Airport in Central Israel. The missile impacted next to an access road outside the airport, with the crater measured to be 25 meters across and several meters deep,… pic.twitter.com/VhmLvWNkmJ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 4, 2025
422 international flights were scheduled to leave Ben Gurion airport on Sunday, according to the Israel Airport Authority. Some flights were suspended.
Numerous airlines canceled their flights into Israel for the next 24 hours, including United Airlines, Delta Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France, Air Canada, Japan’s Nippon Airways, Spain’s Air Europa, and British Airways.
Since the inauguration of President Trump, Israel has refrained from responding directly to the Houthi attacks, partly at his behest, but in the wake of the latest missile attack, Israeli officials are reportedly revising their perspective.
“Saudi Arabia and the US say Iran has smuggled weapons – including drones, and cruise and ballistic missiles – to the Houthis during Yemen’s civil war in violation of a UN arms embargo,” the BBC reported on March 25. “It says such missiles and drones have been used in attacks on Saudi Arabia, as well as its ally, the United Arab Emirates.
“The Houthis could not operate at this level without Iranian arms, training and intelligence,” Middle East specialist Dr Elisabeth Kendall of Cambridge University stated.
“Tehran has provided advanced drones, anti-ship cruise missiles, precision-strike ballistic missiles and medium-range missiles to the Houthis,” Reuters noted in January 2024, then quoted an Iranian insider confessing, “The Revolutionary Guards have been helping the Houthis with military training (on advanced weapons). A group of Houthi fighters were in Iran last month and were trained in an IRGC base in central Iran to get familiar with the new technology and the use of missiles.”
Serious incident in #Israel today. A #Houthis missile hit near the main terminal at Ben Gurion Airport. The Houthis would not be able to fire this missile with this precision without #Iran regime assistance. In recent months some Israeli officials have been calling for Israel to… pic.twitter.com/LvHJuwDprT
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) May 4, 2025
Ballistic missile fired from Yemen hits Ben Gurion international airport or close by this morning. As well as decisive retaliation against Houthis, it’s time for their masters in Tehran to be taken out. pic.twitter.com/9V4u0JI8OQ
— Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Kᴇᴍᴘ ⋁ (@COLRICHARDKEMP) May 4, 2025
Here’s another clip of the missile strike at Ben Gurion Airport. This is from a security camera. The real culprit is not Yemen. It’s Iran. pic.twitter.com/J7f7hJGX0M
— Marc Zell (@GOPIsrael) May 4, 2025
