Israel intercepts missile launched from Yemen

(Reuters) - Israel's subject said connected Friday it had intercepted a rocket launched from Yemen towards Israeli territory, with sirens activated successful respective areas pursuing the projectile.

A ceasefire woody betwixt Yemen's Houthis and the U.S. does not see sparing Israel, the Iran-aligned radical had said connected Wednesday.

President Donald Trump announced connected Tuesday that the U.S. would halt bombing the Houthis successful Yemen, saying that the radical had agreed to halt attacking U.S. ships.

The Houthis person attacked galore vessels successful the Red Sea, disrupting planetary trade, successful a run that they accidental is aimed astatine showing solidarity with Palestinians successful Gaza. Israel has been warring a warfare successful Gaza since a deadly raid by Palestinian militant radical Hamas into confederate Israel successful October 2023.

(Reporting by Tala Ramadan. Editing by Hugh Lawson and Mark Potter)