Through its Telegram channel, the Iran-backed terror group warned its military spokesman would soon give details about a “qualitative operation that targeted the depth of the Zionist entity”.
It comes as the Houthis continue their Red Sea region blockade, launched in November on the instruction of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The group initially set out to attack and hijack Israeli-linked vessels in a bid to force a ceasefire in Gaza, but it has since expanded to target global shipping on the trade route.
Dozens of hostages from across the world have been taken and missiles launched at multiple international vessels.
In recent weeks, a Yemeni drone hit a residential building in central Tel Aviv, its target was believed to be the US embassy on the city’s coastline.
Sunday’s strike is the first time the Houthis have penetrated deep into Israeli airspace with a missile. Most such missiles have been shot down although one hit an open area near Israel’s Red Sea port of Eilat in March.
Since the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, killing around 1,100 mostly civilians, Iran’s proxies on Israel’s borders and Iraq have surrounded the Jewish state. The worst conflict has been on Israel’s northern border where Hezbollah have been sending almost daily bombardments.
Over 6,000 projectiles have been fired to the north of Israel since October 7 from Iran’s biggest proxy, with over 60,000 Israelis displaced, and around the same number displaced from southern Lebanon.