Israel’s defense minister on Thursday threatened Yemen’s Houthi rebels with devastation likened to the biblical 10 plagues of Egypt after they escalated missile strikes against Israel.
"The Houthis are firing missiles at Israel again. A plague of darkness, a plague of the firstborn - we will complete all 10 plagues," Israel Katz posted on X.
He was referring to the 10 disasters that the Book of Exodus says were inflicted on Egypt by the Hebrew God to convince the pharaoh to free the enslaved Israelites.
Earlier Thursday, the Israeli army said a missile fired from Yemen struck outside Israeli territory, a day after it intercepted two Houthi missiles.
The Houthis' military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the rebels had targeted Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport with a ballistic missile.
