While the hub quickly resumed services, several airlines have suspended flights to Israel as the Houthi rebels boasted about piercing Israel’s multi-layered air defences, including the Iron Dome and US-provided THAAD missile defence system.

Israel struck multiple sites in Yemen’s capital Sanaa Tuesday, including the main airport, which the Israeli military said has now been “fully” disabled.

The military’s strikes in Yemen followed a Houthi attack on Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday.