Six people were injured after a Houthi ballistic missile struck an area inside Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on Saturday, prompting a temporary closure of the country’s main air gateway. The missile, fired from Yemen, landed near an access road within the airport perimeter after Israeli air defences failed to intercept it, the IDF confirmed.
Emergency services said a man in his 50s was taken to hospital in good-to-moderate condition with trauma to his limbs, while two women, aged 54 and 38, were injured by the blast shockwave. A 64-year-old man was lightly wounded by flying debris, and two other women, aged 22 and 34, were hurt while running for cover. Two additional individuals were treated for acute anxiety.
Surveillance footage captured the impact, and the airport shut down all take-offs and landings for about an hour before reopening. Defence minister Israel Katz issued a warning, saying, “Whoever harms us, we will strike them sevenfold,” though Israel has not yet retaliated directly in Yemen.
