‘Israel’ threatens Houthis with plagues after latest missile attacks

‘Israel's’ defence minister vowed Thursday to inflict the biblical 10 plagues of Egypt on the Yemen's Houthis after they stepped up their missile attacks against ‘Israel’.

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"The Huthis are firing missiles at Israel again. A plague of darkness, a plague of the firstborn -- we will complete all 10 plagues," Israel Katz posted on X.

He was referring to the 10 disasters that the Book of Exodus says were inflicted on Egypt by the Hebrew God to convince the pharaoh to free the enslaved Israelites.

Earlier on Thursday, the ‘Israeli’ army said a missile fired from Yemen struck outside ‘Israeli’ territory, a day after it intercepted two Houthi missiles.

The Houthis' military spokesman Yahya Saree said they had targeted Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport with a ballistic missile.

The Iran-backed Houthis have vowed to step up their attacks on ‘Israel’, after their prime minister and 11 other senior officials were killed in ‘Israeli’ air strikes last week.

The Houthis have launched repeated drone and missile attacks against ‘Israel’ since the war on Gaza erupted in October 2023, saying the launches are in support of the Palestinians.

‘Israel’ has carried out several rounds of retaliatory strikes in Yemen, targeting ports, power stations and the international airport in the capital Sanaa.