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Hans India
42 minutes ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Yemen's Houthis claim ballistic missile strike on 'sensitive' target in Israel
Sanaa/Jerusalem: Yemen's Houthi group announced Saturday that it had launched a ballistic missile targetting a "sensitive" site in southern Israel, activating air defence sirens in Israel for the first time since a ceasefire for the Israel-Iran conflict went into effect on Tuesday. The strike, using a Zulfiqar ballistic missile, had "successfully hit its target," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised statement aired by the group's al-Masirah TV channel. Saree added that earlier in the week, Houthi forces carried out "several military operations" targetting "sensitive" sites and military facilities in three Israeli cities: Beer Sheva, Jaffa (Tel Aviv), and Haifa, using a number of ballistic missiles and drones. All of the operations, he said, were "successfully executed." He said the operations were "a form of support for the oppressed Palestinian people," vowing that the group would continue its "supportive military operations until the aggression on Gaza ceases and the blockade is lifted." Meanwhile, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that a missile fired from Yemen towards Israel on Saturday morning was "most likely successfully intercepted." Israel's national emergency service, Magen David Adom, said that there were no immediate reports of hits or casualties, Xinhua news agency reported. Following the launch, air defence sirens sounded across large areas of southern Israel, including the cities of Beer Sheva and Dimona as well as the Dead Sea region, sending hundreds of thousands of residents to shelters. On Thursday, Yemen's Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said that his forces have launched 309 ballistic, hypersonic missiles, and drones at Israel since mid-March, as part of what the group calls the second phase of its military campaign. In a televised speech marking the Islamic New Year, broadcast by the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV, al-Houthi said 25 missiles and drones were launched this month alone in what he described as "qualitative military operations in support of Gaza." He reaffirmed that the Red Sea remains closed to Israeli-linked maritime traffic and accused Israel of continuing its offensive in Gaza with US backing. Yemen's internationally recognised government, meanwhile, accused Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of directly controlling the missile systems used by Houthi forces. Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said Tehran was using Yemen as "an advanced missile platform" to threaten regional and international security while avoiding direct confrontation. The Houthis, who control much of northern Yemen, began targetting Israel in November 2023, weeks after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, in what they say is an act of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
AU Financial Review
8 hours ago
- Politics
- AU Financial Review
Greens candidate hospitalised after protest arrest
A Greens candidate who challenged Anthony Albanese at the May federal election is in hospital after being arrested at a protest, as police face brutality claims. Five people were arrested while protesting Israel's war in Gaza outside an Australian firm linked to the manufacturing of fighter jets used by the Israel Defence Forces.
Mint
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Mint
Israeli Army detects missile from Yemen aimed at Southern Israel
The Israeli army on Saturday announced that it had detected a missile launched from Yemen towards Israeli territory. In a post on the social media platform X, Israel Defence Forces stated, 'Sirens sounding in southern Israel following projectile fire from Yemen.'
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Business Standard
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
Israeli Military declares 3 Iranian nuclear sites 'significantly damaged'
The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) stated Friday morning that the three main nuclear sites of the Iranian regime were "significantly damaged." Among them, the uranium enrichment sites of Fordow and Natanz, and the site in Isfahan where enriched uranium was reconverted to a metallic form, and the main conversion components there were destroyed. In addition, the IDF said thousands of centrifuges, research and development sites, headquarters infrastructure and unique documentation of the nuclear program were destroyed. Also, 11 senior nuclear scientists who the IDF called "central knowledge centers" in the Iranian weapons group were eliminated, and to prevent the future use of the inactive nuclear reactor at Arak, it was also attacked. The IDF said this was done in order to thwart the future of the program. As for Iran's ground-to-ground missile system, to disrupt it the key building blocks of the missile manufacturing industry were attacked. More than 35 sites were attacked, 200 launchers and 50 per cent of all the Iranian regime's launchers were completely destroyed. In total, more than 1,500 components, 15 enemy aircraft, more than 90 targets and 80 surface-to-air missile launchers and 6 airfields were attacked. Hundreds of Iranian military forces were eliminated, dozens of commanders were attacked and more than 30 senior members of the Iranian regime's security apparatus were eliminated. In total, the Israel Air Force carried out 1,500 sorties and about 600 refuelings that were made en route to Iran. In the entire operation, 1,400 strikes were carried out by the fighter formation and 500 by the UAV formation, and the furthest of them was carried out at Mashhad airport, about 2,400 km from Israel, by a fighter jet.
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
Tech expert believes Iran's missiles may have been hacked mid-flight over Israel
The tech expert described both jamming and spoofing as 'prolific', although he explained spoofing is less frequently used and is a bit harder to detect than jamming A tech expert has shared an 'exotic new' hack which he believes could have tricked Iranian missiles into plunging into the Mediterranean Sea during the Iran-Israel war. Israel launched attacks against Iran on June 13, claiming the country was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran then retaliated with its own series of airstrikes. But in recent days the two countries have now agreed on a ceasefire. Just after 5am GMT on Tuesday, June 24 Trump announced that the ceasefire had taken effect. The requirements for either side were slightly different, with Iran told to stop fighting a few hours from the time of the post, while Israel agreed to halt hostilities at 7.10am UK time. However, hours after Israel's side of the agreement, the state accused Iran of deploying missiles towards it - adding that defence systems were working to intercept the threat. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz claims Iran's "violation of the ceasefire" will not go unpunished, adding that he's ordered the Israel Defence Forces to "respond forcefully". He said they will be deploying " intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran". Now, a tech expert believes that he and his team witnessed a new defensive tactic that involved tricking missiles into flying against their programming during the conflict between Israel and Iran, reports MailOnline. Sean Gorman, the co-founder and CEO of believes he and his team have seen is a highly sophisticated version of spoofing meant to mimic the arcing flight paths of missiles and send them to safer locations. Like many missile systems found across the world, Iranian missiles rely on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data to find their way to their targets. Sean said: "Missiles are guided munitions. They all track latitude and longitude and elevation the same way we navigate in our cars or the same way aeroplanes navigate. "You're basically providing that same navigation system in ammunition so that it lands in exactly the right place. Jammers and spoofers have been incredibly effective at preventing guided munition from landing where you where they wanted to land and maybe where you instead getting it to go somewhere else or to fail." Sean described both jamming and spoofing as 'prolific', although he explained spoofing is less frequently used and is a bit harder to detect than jamming. He also warned they're both risks to civilian and commercial operations. He said: "Collisions could be an issue both from an aviation standpoint, as well as a maritime standpoint', adding that the ability to 'detect spoofing will be critical for civilian safety."
