Houthi rebels say to impose aerial blockade on Israel

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00:00Scenes of suffering played out in Yemen's capital overnight, after 10 airstrikes that

00:06Houthis have blamed on the United States.

00:09These latest strikes and a string of near-daily bombings of Yemen were carried out after yesterday's

00:13Houthi attack on the Ben Gurion airport in Israel.

00:18As sirens rang out in the airport halls, travelers sought shelter from a Houthi missile, which

00:23was aimed at the terminal.

00:25The impact was caught by security cameras and filmed here by passersby.

00:32In the aftermath of the attack, Houthi leadership said they would continue to target Israeli

00:41airports.

00:42The Yemeni armed forces announced that they will impose a full aerial blockade on the Israeli

00:48enemy by repeatedly targeting airports, foremost among them Lod Airport, known by the Israelis

00:54as Ben Gurion Airport.

01:00All international airlines are urged to take this statement seriously.

01:07Israel's security cabinet met on Sunday to discuss the incident, which marked a serious

01:12breach of the country's much-flaunted missile defense system.

01:16On social media, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that the attack would not

01:22go unpunished.

01:23We are acting against them.

01:25We have acted in the past and we will act in the future, but I can't go into the details.

01:29The U.S. in coordination with us is also acting against them.

01:33It will not happen in one bang, but there will be many bangs.

01:36The Houthi strike came a few hours before Israel's cabinet was set to vote on expanding the war in

01:41Gaza.

01:43On Saturday evening, the Israeli military announced that it would be mobilizing thousands of reservists

01:48in hopes of strengthening its campaign against Hamas.

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