2025 Houthi attack on Tel Aviv airport

2025 Houthi attack on Tel Aviv airport
Part of the Red Sea crisis and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
TypeBallistic missile attack
Location
TargetBen Gurion Airport
Date4 May 2025
c.9:30 a.m. IST (UTC+3)
Executed by Houthi movement
Outcome
Casualties8 injured

On 4 May 2025, the Houthi movement in Yemen fired a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv, Israel, hitting the perimeter of the main terminal of Ben Gurion Airport while leaving a crater and damaging a road and a vehicle. The Israeli defense system failed to shoot down the missile, despite several attempts to intercept it. As a result, eight people were injured—two of whom were injured on their way to a shelter. The attack caused air traffic to stop and several major airlines to cancel their flights for a few days. The Israel Airports Authority said the attack was the first time a missile landed so close to Israel's main airport.