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Israel Intercepts 2 Missiles Launched by Yemen's Houthis

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts a projectile over Jerusalem, 27 March 2025. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts a projectile over Jerusalem, 27 March 2025. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
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Israel Intercepts 2 Missiles Launched by Yemen's Houthis

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts a projectile over Jerusalem, 27 March 2025. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts a projectile over Jerusalem, 27 March 2025. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

The Israeli military said on Thursday it had intercepted two missiles launched from Yemen before they crossed into Israeli territory, after sirens sounded in several areas in Israel including Jerusalem.
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have been launching missiles and drones at Israel in support of Hamas fighters. The United States has been striking Houthi strongholds in Yemen since March 15, with President Donald Trump vowing to hold Iran responsible for any attacks carried out by the group.
The Houthis said later on Thursday that they had launched two missiles, one of which they said was hypersonic, towards Israel's main air gateway, Ben Gurion airport, and an unspecified military target in the Tel Aviv area.
The group also claimed to have launched missiles and drones towards warships in the Red Sea, including the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, Reuters reported.
Italy's ITA Airways said it had to divert one of its flights because of the missiles, and that the flight landed in Tel Aviv safely.

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EU to Boost Financial Support for Palestinian Authority 

A Palestinian walks in front of closed shops during a general strike condemning Israeli bombardment on Gaza, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2025. (Reuters)
A Palestinian walks in front of closed shops during a general strike condemning Israeli bombardment on Gaza, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2025. (Reuters)
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EU to Boost Financial Support for Palestinian Authority 

A Palestinian walks in front of closed shops during a general strike condemning Israeli bombardment on Gaza, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2025. (Reuters)
A Palestinian walks in front of closed shops during a general strike condemning Israeli bombardment on Gaza, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2025. (Reuters)

The European Union will increase its financial support for the Palestinian Authority with a three-year package worth around 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion), the European Commissioner responsible for the Middle East told Reuters in an interview.

Dubravka Suica, the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, said the financial support would go hand in hand with reforms of the Palestinian Authority, which has been accused by critics of corruption and bad governance.

"We want them to reform themselves because without reforming, they won't be strong enough and credible in order to be an interlocutor, not for only for us, but an interlocutor also for Israel," Suica said.

The commissioner's remarks came ahead of a first "high-level political dialogue" between European Union foreign ministers and senior Palestinian officials including Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa in Luxembourg on Monday.

The EU is the biggest donor to the Palestinians and EU officials hope the Palestinian Authority, which runs the West Bank, may also one day take responsibility for Gaza after the war between Israel and Hamas comes to an end.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, however, has so far rejected the idea of handing over Gaza to the PA and shunned the EU's broader aim of a two-state solution, which would include the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Suica said 620 million euros would go to financial support and reform of the PA, 576 million euros to "resilience and recovery" of the West Bank and Gaza and 400 million euros would come in loans from the European Investment Bank, subject to the approval of its governing body.

She said average EU support for the PA had amounted to about 400 million euros over the past 12 years.

"We are investing now in a credible manner in the Palestinian Authority," Suica said.