SANAA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group said on Friday that it has launched a "ballistic missile" toward Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel.

"In support of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, we carried out a qualitative military operation targeting the Nevatim Airbase with a hypersonic ballistic missile and the missile reached its target," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. ■