The Israeli military has issued an unprecedented evacuation warning for Sana’a International Airport in Yemen, marking the first time the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has issued such a notice at a site over 1,000 miles from its borders, according to a CNN report.
“Failure to evacuate the area endangers your lives," CNN quoted Avichay Adraee, the IDF spokesperson in Arabic, as saying on social media.
The evacuation warning follows a series of Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah port and a nearby cement factory in Bajil, east of the city.
According to the Houthi-run Ministry of Health, at least one person was killed and 35 others were injured in the factory strike.
These strikes came in response to a Houthi-launched ballistic missile that breached Israel’s air defences and landed near Tel Aviv’s international airport on Sunday.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported multiple failed attempts to intercept the missile.
In a prior incident last December, Israel targeted Sana’a International Airport, resulting in at least three deaths and 30 injuries, according to the Houthi-run al-Masirah satellite network.
With inputs from agencies