Israel says it intercepted first incoming missile from Yemen as war in Middle East intensifies

An Israeli first responder walks from the site of a missile strike in Tel Aviv, Israel, early Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Maya Levin) 2026-03-28T07:50:08Z DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel early Saturday and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels later claimed responsibility for the attack, their first since the war in the Mideast started.

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Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for the Houthis, claimed responsibility in a statement aired Saturday morning on the rebels’ Al-Masirah satellite television.

The possible entry to the war of the Houthis calls into question whether the group will again target commercial shipping traveling through the Red Sea corridor.

Sirens went off around Beer Sheba and the area near Israel’s main nuclear research center for the third time overnight Friday into Saturday as Iran and Hezbollah continued to fire on Israel overnight.

Loud explosions also filled the air in Tel Aviv and Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service said it was responding to 11 different impact sites across the metro area.

Israel had struck Iran’s nuclear facilities hours after threatening to “escalate and expand” its campaign against Tehran on Friday.

Iran vowed to retaliate and struck a base in Saudi Arabia, wounding U.S. service members and damaging planes.

More than two dozen U.S. troops have been wounded in Iranian attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan air base in the past week, according two people who have been briefed on the matter.

Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at the base in the Friday attack that injured at least 15 troops, including five seriously, according to the people who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The base about about 96 kilometers (60 miles) from the Saudi capital of Riyadh came under come attack twice earlier in the week, including a strike that injured 14 U.S. troops, according to the people briefed on the matter.

The base is run by the Royal Saudi Air Force but also used by U.S. troops.

In Lebanon, authorities said more than 1,100 people have been killed since the start of the war.

The Associated Press is now calling Israel’s military actions in southern Lebanon an invasion.

Israel has moved thousands of troops across the border into Lebanon, and Israeli forces and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants have been fighting on the ground for at least three weeks.

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