Yemen's Houthis claim missile attack on Israel

Yemen's Houthi movement on Wednesday said they had fired cruise missiles "deep inside" Israel, although there was no confirmation from Israeli authorities.

The statement by the Houthis' armed forces came after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel late on Tuesday.

"The missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a military operation targeting military sites deep inside the Zionist entity (Israel) in occupied Palestine with three Quds 5 cruise missiles," the statement said.

"The missiles were able to successfully reach their targets amid the enemy's secrecy about the results of the operation."

The timing of the claimed attack was not clear. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.

Reporting by AFP