SANAA - Yemen's Houthi group launched a ballistic rocket towards Israel early Sunday morning, Houthi media outlets reported.

Residents near the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah wrote on social media that they spotted a big rocket speeding towards the north in the early morning.

The Houthi group usually issues a statement hours after it launched an attack.

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Since November 2023, the Houthi group has launched rocket and drone attacks on Israel and disrupted "Israeli-linked" shipping in the Red Sea, allegedly to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.