The IDF evaluates that an attempt to intercept the missile has failed. The airport has been reopened, but flights have been reused.
Update: Ben Gurion Airport has reopened for good, but flights on their way to Israel have retreated, according to the flight tracking app Flightradar24 and the airport arrivals committee. Air India, Wizz Air, El Al and other airlines are diverting their planes to alternative airports. Trains have also resumed travel in airport areas, and are gradually returning to normal.
Sirens were heard in central Israel at 9:22am this morning, explosions were heard, and smoke was seen near Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The cause was a missile launched from Yemen, but at this stage it is not yet clear whether it was a fragment of the missile that hit the airport, or whether the missile directly attacked. The current evaluation from the IDF is that the attempt to intercept has failed.
Security forces were brought close to the airport’s runways, and the airport was closed to takeoff and landing according to the procedures of such events. Magen David Adom has dealt with people who were slightly injured in shockwaves in the incident.
This is the fourth missile to be launched in Israel in two days by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Published by Globes, Israel Business News – En.globes.co.il – May 4, 2025.
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