Houthi missile lands near Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, leaves 25-metre crater | Video

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck perilously close to Israel’s main international gateway on Sunday, landing just 75 metres from Terminal 3 of Ben Gurion Airport and carving out a 25-metre deep crater within the airport’s secured perimeter. The missile, which reportedly bypassed four layers of Israel’s air defence systems, landed in a grove adjacent to an access road, narrowly missing critical infrastructure. It sent a plume of smoke into the air and triggered panic among passengers inside the terminal. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) acknowledged that several attempts to intercept the missile had failed.

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