In a televised statement on Sunday, Yemeni military spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree confirmed that the strike was carried out with a hypersonic missile dubbed “Palestine-2.”
“The operation successfully achieved its objective,” Saree said, adding that the attack triggered air raid sirens, disrupted flights, and “halted airport activity” in the occupied territories.
The Yemeni spokesman said the strike was part of a wider campaign in response to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, now in its 22nd month, and in retaliation for Israeli air raids on Yemen.
If anything Yemen has shown that Israel is not nearly as strong as its pretends to be. Flying a bunch of F35s over Saudi is extremely expensive. Israel relies on shock and awe, a few massive bombing campaigns to scare anyone off. But they cannot keep up that kind of firepower because of the physical distance, and they simply don’t have the bombs for it.
If a party isn’t scared into submission by the initial bombing run there’s not much to follow it up. See also Israel tapping out against Iran after two weeks.
The West is also scared to touch Yemen any further. Likely because the Houhis can destroy more shipping than just what goes through the Red Sea.