The rare hit near Ben Gurion Airport came ahead of a vote by Israel’s security cabinet to expand ground operations in Gaza.

Several airlines have again suspended flights into and out of Israel, following a missile strike that hit the grounds of Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday. Israeli defenses tried but failed to intercept the missile fired by the Houthis in Yemen before it struck the airport,

Yemen's Houthi rebels said late on Sunday they would impose a "comprehensive" aerial blockade on Israel by repeatedly targeting its airports, in response to Israel expanding its operations in Gaza. The Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile strike on Sunday that hit near Israel's Ben Gurion Airport,