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The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen claimed on Thursday to have struck Tel Aviv, Israel, with a \u201cbarrage of ballistic missiles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis operation was conducted jointly with our mujahideen brothers in Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and it successfully achieved its objectives,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0Houthi military spokesman Gen. Yahya Saree said<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The Houthis invariably claim all of their attacks \u201cachieved their objectives,\u201d even when every missile they launch has been intercepted.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAll praise and gratitude to the heroic fighters in Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, and Palestine who defend the dignity of the nation and stand resolutely against the Western-Zionist scheme targeting all the countries and peoples of the nation,\u201d Saree added.<\/span><\/p>\n The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) <\/span>said<\/span><\/a> only one missile was fired from Yemen on Thursday, and it appears to have been aimed at Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv. The missile was intercepted by Israeli forces.<\/span><\/p>\n Missiles were <\/span>fired<\/span><\/a> at Tel Aviv on Thursday, but they were apparently launched from Iran, not Yemen. Iran\u2019s proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah, also launched missiles at Israel on Thursday, so Saree\u2019s claim of working \u201cjointly with our mujahideen brothers in Iran and Hezbollah\u201d was technically accurate.<\/span><\/p>\n The IDF said a total of 30 missiles had crossed into Israeli airspace from Iran since Wednesday morning, three of them using the notorious cluster bombs that shower civilian areas with indiscriminate munitions. Iran has lately been making more extensive use of cluster bombs because they are more difficult to intercept.<\/span><\/p>\n The Houthis joined the war by <\/span>attacking<\/span><\/a> Israel with a few ballistic missiles over the weekend, with similar claims to be operating \u201cin coordination with our mujahideen brothers in Iran, and Hezbollah in Lebanon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n