The military expert in Ansar Allah forces revealed (The Houthis) Colonel Mujib Shamsan about the characteristics of the “Palestine 2” missile that the Houthis fired at Israel, causing injuries and a state of panic.
He said that a missilePalestine 2“, which was developed during the Israeli war on Gaza, has a terminal speed of 16 Mach, and this is what makes all interception systems in the region unable to confront it.
Israelis were injured as a result of a missile fired from Yemen falling on an area Jaffa near Tel AvivAt dawn on Saturday, alarm sirens sounded in several areas of Israel. The official Israeli radio said that the army was investigating the reason for the failure to intercept the Yemeni missile that exploded in Tel Aviv, leaving 30 injured.
Shamsan pointed out that the latest systems “Thad“, which he said the Americans brought to protect Israel, has a maximum interception speed of Mach 9, and therefore no existing system today can intercept a missile with a speed of Mach 16.
He confirmed that the Israeli interceptor systems had failed to intercept the Yemeni missile, which is a hypersonic missile neither inside nor outside the atmosphere.
Shamsan added – in an interview with Al Jazeera – that “the development of Yemen’s missile capabilities means that it possesses the power equations capable of turning the balance in the region.”
Regarding the timing of the use of the “Palestine 2” missile, Shamsan said that this type of missile was developed during the period of aggression against Gaza Strip And Yemen, meaning that the operation took place within a record period of time, and it was revealed that they are working to develop these capabilities to the highest possible level, in terms of range, destructive capacity and accuracy.
He stressed that talk about developing the “Palestine 2” missile began last September, and was preceded by talk about the “Palestine 2” missile.Wrecker“Hypersonics intended for striking naval targets.
The Houthi group revealed the missile in early June 2024, and said that it belongs to the class of hypersonic ballistic missiles, and is a surface-to-surface missile, advanced and precisely guided.
On the other hand, the Yemeni military expert warned Israel that the Houthi operations “will escalate at a very similar pace, and the volume of firepower and focused strikes will escalate towards sensitive targets, and may target oil, gas, and economic facilities.”
Failure and embarrassment
In the same context, expert in Israeli affairs, Mahmoud Yazbek, confirmed that the Israeli army and the Israeli media could not hide the truth of what happened, pointing out that the Yemeni missile caused great embarrassment to the military and political systems in Israel.
He said that the Israeli military systems were not even able to detect the Yemeni missile when it entered Israeli airspace, which indicates a real failure of the Israeli defense system.
Regarding the impact of the Houthi attacks on the issue of reaching a deal between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation, Yazbek explained that the Yemeni front is a support front for the Gaza Strip, and if the war in Gaza were stopped, the Houthi attacks would stop, but he doubted the existence of Israel’s intention to stop the war.
It is noteworthy that the Israeli newspaper “Maariv” revealed earlier that the Houthis have launched more than 200 missiles and more than 170 explosive drones at Israel since the beginning of the war.