(4 May 2025)
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Ben Gurion airport, Israel – 4 May 2025
1. Various of police near crater where projectile struck
2. Pan from billboard to plane taking off
3. Police near crater
4. Bulldozer driving
5. Airport’s maintenance vehicles
6. Various of bulldozers working to cover over crater
STORYLINE:
Bulldozers were at work at a site near Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Sunday where a projectile landed.
It was not immediately clear whether the projectile, which landed in a field near an access road leading to airport parking lots, was a missile launched by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen or its fragments, or an interceptor from Israel’s air defence systems.
It left a deep crater in the ground and a nearby road was littered with dirt.
A missile was launched by the Iranian-backed rebels on Sunday which briefly halted flights and commuter traffic at Israel’s main international airport after an impact left a plume of smoke and caused panic among passengers.
The Houthi rebels have been striking Israel throughout the war in Gaza in solidarity with Palestinians.
The attack on Ben-Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, came hours before top Israeli Cabinet ministers were set to vote on whether to intensify the country’s military operations in the Gaza Strip.
The missile launch set off air raid sirens in multiple parts of Israel.
Israel vows to respond to the airport attack.
Israel’s paramedic service Magen David Adom said four people were lightly wounded.
Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said in a video statement that the group fired a hypersonic ballistic missile at the airport.
Houthi rebels have been firing at Israel since the war with Gaza erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, and the missiles have mostly been intercepted, although some have penetrated Israel’s missile defence systems, causing damage.
Israel has struck back against the rebels in Yemen and the U.S., Israel’s top ally, also launched a campaign of strikes in March against them.
AP video shot by: Ami Bentov
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