Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel's main travel hub, was hit Sunday with a Houthi missile that bypassed Israeli and American defense systems.

A missile launched from Yemen by the Iran-backed Houthis struck near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport on Sunday, briefly grounding flights, halting train service and forcing the closure of access roads covered in debris.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired a missile at Israel’s main international airport, wounding six and forcing many foreign airlines to suspend all flights for the next several days after the US and Israeli air defense systems failed to stop the strike.