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 Huthis on Monday accused the United States of carrying out strikes in and around Sanaa, after the Iran-backed rebels claimed a missile strike on Israel's main airport.The Huthi-run Saba news agency said the strikes included two on Arbaeen Street in the capital and the airport road,