Houthi rebels in Yemen claim a rocket was fired at Israel

Houthi rebels in Yemen claim a rocket was fired at Israel

by AFP staff writers

Sanaa (AFP) Oct 7, 2024

Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility Monday for attacks on Israel, where the military had previously said it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen.

The Houthis fired two rockets at “two military targets of the Israeli enemy” in the Tel Aviv area, their military spokesman Yahya Saree said, adding that drones were also fired at several Israeli targets.

According to the army, a missile from Yemen was intercepted over central Israel
Jerusalem (AFP) October 7, 2024 – The Israeli military said on Monday air defenses intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks.

“A surface-to-surface missile was fired from Yemen,” where Iran-backed rebels had previously fired missiles at Israel, the military said in a statement. Warning sirens sounded in the Tel Aviv commercial center.

Erdogan says Israel will pay the price for “genocide” on the anniversary of the Gaza war
Istanbul (AFP) October 7, 2024 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Monday that Israel would pay a price for the “genocide” in Gaza as he marked the first anniversary of Gaza on October 7 in response to the Hamas attack committed war.

“It should not be forgotten that sooner or later Israel will pay the price for this genocide that it has been carrying out for a year and is still ongoing,” he said on X, formerly Twitter.

A vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause, including Hamas, Erdogan has often attacked Israel, branding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the “Butcher of Gaza” and comparing him to Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler.

“Just as Hitler was stopped by an alliance of humanity, Netanyahu and his murder network will be stopped in the same way,” Erdogan said.

“A world without accountability for the Gaza genocide will never find peace.”

The Turkish leader, who often praised Hamas as a freedom fighter, said that what was massacred in front of the whole world for exactly a year “actually concerns all of humanity and all of humanity’s hopes for the future.”

Erdogan also criticized the international system’s failure to stop the conflict in Gaza and now Lebanon, saying: “Israel’s long-standing policy of genocide, occupation and invasion must now end.”

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