BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 28.Iranian-backed Houthi militias have claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Israel, their first such attack since the Iran war began TurkicWorld reports via aawsat.
Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for the Houthis, issued a statement on Saturday on the group’s Al-Masirah satellite television network.
Israel’s military had earlier said it had intercepted a missile.
The attack came after Saree signaled in a vague statement on Friday that the militias would join the war that has shocked the region and rattled the global economy.
It is the first time Israel has faced fire from Yemen since the start of the conflict last month. Houthi attacks on vessels during the Israel-Hamas war upended shipping in the Red Sea.
Before the attack from Yemen, there appeared to be a breakthrough as Tehran agreed to allow humanitarian aid and agricultural shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
An airstrike hit the grounds of Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant just before midnight, the country’s atomic energy agency reported.
The strike, which was the third in 10 days, did not cause any material damage and there were no casualties, according to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. It said no technical disruption was reported at the site.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was notified of the strike by Iran.
An airstrike also hit Iran’s University of Science and Technology in Tehran on Saturday, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
The strike damaged research and educational buildings, IRNA reported, citing the university’s public relations office.
Production at a major steel factory in Iran has also been halted following US-Israeli strikes, Iranian media said on Saturday.
Citing a statement by the Khuzestan Steel Company in Iran's southwest, Shargh daily said the plant's "production lines have been shut down" after several units and steelmaking facilities were hit by strikes on Friday.
