, March 28 -- Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility Saturday for a missile attack on Israel, marking their first involvement since the US-Israel conflict with Iran began.

Brigadier-General Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesperson, announced the strike in a statement broadcast by the rebels' Al-Masirah satellite channel. Saree said the attacks "will continue until the declared objectives are achieved" and until what he called "aggression against all fronts of the resistance ceases."

The Israeli military confirmed it intercepted the missile. The strike targeted "sensitive Israeli military sites" in southern Israel and came hours after Saree hinted in a statement that the Houthis were joining the ongoing war, reports Al Jazeera...