The missiles fired by Houthi rebels at Israel landed near Ben Gurion Airport in the country's main international airport on Sunday, causing panic at passengers at the dock building.
Houthis, who is in line with Iran, claims to be responsible for the missile strike and recently launched missile launches in Israel, saying they are uniting with the Palestinians in Gaza.
Senior Israeli police commander Yair Hetzroni showed reporters the crater caused by the impact of the missile, which the airport authorities said had landed next to a road near Terminal 3.
“You can see the scene behind us here, a hole with a hole that is dozens of meters in diameter and tens of meters deep,” Hetzroni said.
“Anyone who hurts us will be hurt seven times more,” Israeli Defense Minister Katz said in a statement after the strike.
Israel Channel 12 news said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with the security minister and defense officials on Sunday to discuss the response.
Most missile launches in Yemen have been intercepted by Israel’s missile defense systems, except for the strikes that struck the major cities of Tel Aviv last year.
The military said it was investigating what happened on Sunday, which led to siren in central Israel, including near Tel Aviv.
Reuters reporters at the airport between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem heard the sirens and saw passengers reacting through running towards the safety room.
Several people at the airport posted videos taken on their cell phones, which showed a pile of black smoke clearly visible behind parked planes and airport buildings. Reuters has not verified the video yet.
Israel ambulance service said eight people were taken to the hospital, one of the men was in mild to moderate, with limb injuries and two women with head injuries.
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Hotis military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed responsibility for the strike, saying Israel's main airports are “no longer the safety of air travel”.
A spokesman for the Israel Airport Authority said takeoff and landing had resumed and Ben Gurion's operations returned to normal after it was reported that air traffic was stopped and routes to the airport were blocked.
However, according to Ben Gurion's live traffic scene, the flight operation was disrupted due to missiles.
Some flights, including Air India, TASS Air and Lufthansa Group, were cancelled. Others, including Newark, New Jersey and New York's Kennedy International Airport, were postponed by about 90 minutes. A Reuters reporter boarded a punctual flight to Dubai.
Israeli ministers reportedly approached signing plans to expand military operations in Gaza, which resumed a two-month truce in March, which was on strike after Sunday's strike and promises to launch more missile strikes from Houthis.
Efforts to resume the ceasefire have faltered, and in March, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a massive strike against Houthis to reduce its capabilities and block their commercial transport against the Red Sea.
Houthis, who controls Yemen, began shipping against Israel and the Red Sea by the end of 2023, in the early stages of the war between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip.
According to the Israeli Soles, the war was triggered by an attack led by Hamas on October 7, 2023 on southern Israel, with about 1,200 people killed and 251 taken hostages. Palestinian health authorities say Israel's attack on Gaza killed more than 50,000 Palestinians and destroyed most of the enclaves.
The U.S. strike against hundreds of rebel groups in Yemen has been the largest military operation in the U.S. Middle East since Trump took office in January.
