The IDF assesses that makes an attempt to intercept the missile failed. The airport has reopened, however flights have been diverted.
Replace: Ben Gurion Airport has been totally reopened, however in keeping with the flight monitoring app Flightradar24 and the arrivals board on the airport, flights that had been on their technique to Israel have turned again. Air India, Wizz Air, El Al, and different airways are diverting planes to various airports. Motion of trains within the space of the airport has additionally resumed, and is steadily returning to regular.
Sirens sounded at 9:22 am this morning in central Israel, and sounds of explosions had been heard and smoke was seen near Terminal 3 at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. The trigger was a missile fired from Yemen, however at this stage it’s not but clear whether or not what hit the airport was a fraction of a missile that was intercepted or whether or not the missile made a direct hit. The present evaluation from the IDF is that makes an attempt at interception failed.
Safety forces combed the airport’s runways, and the airport was closed to take-offs and landings in accordance with procedures for such occasions. Magen David Adom has been treating folks barely injured by shock waves within the incident.
That is the fourth missile launched at Israel by Houthi rebels in Yemen in two days.
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Missile hits Ben Gurion Airport Might 4, 2025
