missile attacks

JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities said Wednesday they have arrested 10 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip accused of planning a missile attack and hostage-taking against a navy ship. The announcement of the March 12 arrests comes ahead of expected new mass protests along the Gaza Strip's border with ...

The South African government said on Wednesday that it was concerned about the attempted missile attack that targeted the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh. According to media reports, one person was killed and two others wounded in the March 25 ballistic missile attack on the Saudi Arabian capital on the ...

In November, the coalition blocked all Yemeni land, air, and sea ports in response to a Houthi ballistic missile attack on Riyadh's international airport. ... “The Houthis should immediately stop their indiscriminate missile attacks on populated areas of Saudi Arabia,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East ...

Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir pointed the finger of blame at Iran and Hezbollah over Monday's missile attack against Riyadh that killed one person. ... Saudi Arabia's foreign minister accused Iran and its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, of being behind Sunday's ballistic missile attacks on the kingdom, ...

(CNN) On Sunday night -- the eve of the third anniversary of the war in Yemen -- the Iranian-backed Houthi high command unleashed their biggest barrage of ballistic missiles so far in the conflict. Shortly afterwards, the Houthi-controlled defense ministry in Sana'a, Yemen's capital city, claimed ...

The conflict in Yemen took a dramatic turn in November 2017 when Houthi fighters launched a Burqan 2H long-range missile targeting Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital. The missile was intercepted before it could reach its target, but the Saudis, accusing Iran of supplying missiles to the Houthis, termed the ...

HAZOR AIRBASE, Israel ― U.S. and Israeli contingency plans for a joint response to an Iranian missile attack could be activated at any moment, with U.S. ... Cobra, a biannual air defense drill aimed at honing the ability of both nations to operate as a joint task force, or JTF, against an Iranian missile attack.

He further compared any future missile attack from Lebanese territory to President John F. Kennedy's warning that he he would hold the Soviet Union responsible for any attack on the U.S. from Cuba during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Graham said he intends to go back to Congress and urge it allocate ...

Elementary schools across Israel held emergency missile attack drills this week, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu engaged in a frightening war of words with Iran. Speaking Sunday at the Munich Security Conference, Netanyahu denounced Iran for probing Israeli defenses a week earlier with a drone ...

The top military officer charged with defending the American homeland said she had “100 percent confidence” that Northern Command could defeat a ballistic missile attack from North Korea. Air Force Gen. Lori Robison, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, said in her opening ...

That's according to a comprehensive state report that looked at the false missile alert sent to all Hawaii phones on Jan. 13 and sought recommendations for preventing another false alarm — and bolstering preparedness for a threat that the state has stressed is unlikely but not impossible. Hawaii Gov.

TOKYO -- As North Korea refuses to give up its nuclear and missile development programs, Japan and the U.S., as well as South Korea, are left to tackle the challenge of saving as many people as possible in case the unthinkable does occur. The tense situation in the Korean Peninsula is causing ...

The Hawaii government's erroneous warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack caused confusion at U.S. military facilities, frustrating senior U.S. military officers and causing them to question procedures for communicating with state officials, according to emails obtained by The Washington Post.

HILO — Hawaii lawmakers are pursuing legislation that would update the state's disaster preparedness protocols after the false ballistic missile alert last month. House Bill 2582, which was introduced late last month, would establish a Hawaii disaster preparedness task force to review current disaster ...

The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned “in the strongest possible terms” multiple missile attacks launched by Yemen's Al Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia, saying they posed a threat to regional security. Saudi forces on Sunday intercepted seven missiles fired by Yemen's Iran-backed Al Houthi ...