SANA’A (Dispatches) – Yemeni armed forces on Saturday carried out a missile strike against a strategic Israeli military position in the northern part of the Negev Desert in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.  
Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesperson for the Yemeni military, announced in a statement that the Arab nation’s missile units successfully hit Nevatim Airbase, using a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile.
Saree saluted the Yemeni nation for holding mass pro-Palestine rallies across the country on Friday to reaffirm their commitment to their religious, ethical, and humanitarian obligations.
He said the Yemeni forces will step up their retaliatory operations against the Israeli enemy as long as the ongoing aggression on Gaza continues and the siege is not lifted.
The retaliation came after U.S. and British aircraft conducted new airstrikes on the Yemeni capital on Friday. The strikes targeted the Ma’een district, with no casualties reported.
Israeli media promptly denied any involvement of the regime in these operations.
Nasr al-Din Amer, an official from the Ansarullah movement, emphasized that Yemen’s attacks against Israel will intensify and not decline.
Amer asserted that halting the aggression in Gaza is the only way to prevent further anti-Israel operations by the Yemeni army.
Israeli “aggression will only increase the determination and resolve of the great Yemeni people to continue supporting the Palestinian people”, an Ansarullah statement said Friday.
The assault followed Israel’s bombing of Yemen’s infrastructure, including Sana’a’s international airport which left six people dead, on Thursday.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Sana’a Friday to protest against the Israeli strikes and express solidarity with the Palestinians.
“The equation has changed and has become airport for airport, port for port, and infrastructure for infrastructure,” protester Muhammad al-Gobisi said.
“We will not get tired or bored of supporting our brothers in Gaza.”
Demonstrators staged rallies in Sana’a and the provinces of Sa’ada, Hudaydah, Hajjah, and al-Mahwit under the slogan “We firmly stand with Gaza”.
Similar rallies also took place in the provinces of Raymah, ʽAmran, Dhale, Lahij, Ma’rib, al-Bayda, Ta’izz, Ibb, and Dhamar.