Dubai: Israel and the US are “working in very close coordination” to respond after Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they had launched missiles toward Israeli targets, Israel military spokesperson Col Nadav Shoshani told reporters on Sunday.
He declined to provide details on operations against the Iran-backed group, which controls parts of Yemen, but said Israel had grown accustomed to confronting repeated attacks from the Houthis, who have for more than two years launched missiles and drones toward Israel and shipping targets in the Red Sea.
He also said Israeli military statements about nearing completion of top-priority strikes did not mean it was running out of overall targets.
“There are many more groups of targets and there are also many more targets when it comes to (ballistic missile) production,” he said.
The Israeli military on Sunday said it has completed a new wave of attacks on Iran, hitting targets in Tehran and other parts of the country. It also claimed Iran launched several missiles targeting locations in Israel, saying residents in “relevant areas” have received warnings and air defences are working to intercept the incoming fire.
Al Araby Television Network said an Israeli missile hit its office building in Iran’s capital, Tehran, forcing its live broadcast to stop, and left “extensive damage” to the office.
In a video posted on the channel’s social media accounts, one of its reporters showed the damage to the office. Equipment, furniture, and debris could be seen scattered on the ground. Rubble and damaged vehicles down the street could be seen in the video.
The Saudi Arabia Defence Ministry said it intercepted and destroyed 10 drones attacking it on Sunday morning.
Kuwait said its air defence systems intercepted four drones Sunday morning. Radar systems at the Kuwait International Airport were damaged in a strike Saturday.
Mourners gathered on Sunday in Choueifat, south of Beirut, for the funerals of three journalists killed by an Israeli airstrike.
Ali Shoeib, a correspondent with Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV, Fatima Ftouni, a reporter with the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV, and her brother Mohammed, a cameraman with the station, were killed in a strike on their car while covering the Israel-Hezbollah war in southern Lebanon on Saturday.
Israel’s military said it had targeted Shoeib, accusing him of being a Hezbollah intelligence operative, without providing evidence. Lebanese officials have condemned the strike as a war crime.
Mourners chanted, “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” as the bodies were buried in an empty lot converted into a temporary graveyard during the war.
“It’s not the first time our colleagues are killed,” said Mohammad Ali Badreddine, an SNG engineer with al-Mayadeen. “It’s a big loss… They were among the brightest and most professional people and also among the kindest people.”
