Israel Thwarts Latest Houthi Attack As Iranian-Backed Missiles Keep Coming

As Israelis have tried to return to normalcy after weeks of sirens forcing them into shelters in the middle of the night, on Tuesday night in Israel, sirens again went off as the Houthis in Yemen, proxies for the despotic regime in Iran, fired another missile at Israel that was intercepted, despite the ceasefire agreed to by Israel and Iran on the morning of June 24.

🔴 Sirens in Jerusalem and throughout Israel due to a missile fired by the Houthis, Iran’s proxy in Yemen.

— Avi Mayer אבי מאיר (@AviMayer) July 1, 2025

🚨Sirens sounding across several areas in Israel due to projectile fire from Yemen🚨 pic.twitter.com/hvGexBHeMd

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 1, 2025

The last Iran-backed Houthi missile appears to have been an exoatmospheric interception. https://t.co/Jnv3knhgSQ pic.twitter.com/PZ1tbGries

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 1, 2025

On Saturday, the Houthis fired a ballistic missile at southern Israel; it was intercepted. The terrorist group has been firing missiles at Israel for the last two months. On Sunday morning, the Houthis launched a missile targeting Israel’s largest airport, where hundreds of people waited to board planes out of the country. The Houthi missile hit just 75 meters from Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport.

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

The missile was the fourth missile attack on Israel in 48 hours from the Houthis; the other three were intercepted.

On October 19, 2023, 12 days after the Hamas massacre of more than 1200 Israelis, the Houthis fired a barrage of rockets and drones into Israeli territory. A combination of Saudi air defences and the USS Carney intercepted all of the missiles.

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In July 2024, the Houthis hit an apartment building near the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv with a drone attack, which killed one person and injured 10 others.

According to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran has supplied the Houthis with weapons and weapon components.

“Critical components of various missiles were seized and, upon further analysis, found to share near-identical features with Iranian missile systems. Between 2015 and 2024, the United States and its partners have interdicted at least 20 Iranian smuggling vessels, seizing ballistic, cruise, and surface-to-air missile components, antitank guided missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other illicit weapons destined for the Houthis,” the DIA reported, adding, “DIA has released the report to enhance public understanding of Iran’s malign activities and to provide insights into Department of Defense and national security issues. The report advances U.S. intelligence efforts to display the clear connections between Iranian weapons and the weapons used in Houthi attacks.”