JERUSALEM >> Israel’s military said Sunday that it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, suggesting that the Yemen-based Houthi militia would keep trying to strike Israel, despite the bombing by Israeli fighter jets of a port in Yemen on Saturday.

The Houthis, which are backed by Iran, said in a post that they had launched the missile at Eilat, Israel’s southernmost city on the coast of the Red Sea.

The conflict between Israel and the Houthis has escalated as the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip and trading aerial attacks with Hezbollah, a militia also backed by Iran, across its northern border with Lebanon.

Israeli air defenses intercepted a missile that “approached Israeli territory from Yemen” following an air raid siren in the Eilat area, according to a statement by the Israeli military.

— New York Times