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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country would retaliate against the Houthi rebels in Yemen after their missile struck near Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
"We attacked in the past, we will attack in the future," Netanyahu said in a video posted on social media after the attack.
Earlier on Sunday, a missile fired from Yemen hit an area within the perimeter of Tel Aviv airport. Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack, which has left four people lightly wounded.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed the strike came from Yemen and said they were unable to intercept the ballistic missile, despite several attempts.
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed retribution for the strike, saying, “Whoever harms us we will harm them sevenfold.”
Last week, Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired a missile at northern Israel.
Houthi rebels have been firing at Israel, in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians, since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza erupted on 7 October 2023. The missiles have mostly been intercepted, although some have penetrated Israel's missile defence systems, causing damage.
Iran has been accused of arming and supporting the Houthis, and Tehran-manufactured weaponry has been found on the battlefield and in sea shipments heading to Yemen for the rebels despite a United Nations arms embargo.
The US is currently targeting the Houthis because of the group’s attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial global trade route, and on Israel.
Last week, a US air strike hit a prison holding African migrants in Yemen, killing at least 68 people and wounding 47 others.
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Portugal’s caretaker government announced plans on Saturday to expel about 18,000 foreigners living in the country without legal permits or authorisation.
António Leit？o Amaro, Minister of the Presidency, said the centre-right government will issue approximately 18,000 notifications to illegal migrants asking them to leave.
According to Amaro, officials will begin next week by asking some 4,500 undocumented migrants to leave voluntarily within 20 days.
The announcement comes in the build-up to the country's early general election, scheduled to be held on 18 May.
Last week, Amaro was quoted in the local press as saying that “Portugal needs to review its deportation system, which doesn’t work."
"It is important to realise that Portugal is one of the three countries in Europe that executes the fewest deportations of people who ordered to leave for violating the rules, including for security reasons,” he said.
This month's snap ballot was called in March by Prime Minister Luis Montenegro after his minority government, led by his conservative Social Democratic Party, lost a confidence vote in Parliament and stood down.
What led to the government's collapse?
Montenegro, who took power less than a year ago, was accused of a potential conflict of interest regarding a family law firm.
The firm was alleged to have received payments from a company with a major gambling concession granted by the government.
To “dispel uncertainty,” Montenegro called for snap elections. Instead, opposition parties teamed up to topple him.
His government, a two-party alliance, was in power for less than a year and had just 80 seats in the current 230-seat legislature.
Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, flanked by Parliament Affairs minister Pedro Duarte, left, and Cabinet Minister Antonio Leitao Amaro, react failed confidence voteCopyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
An overwhelming majority of opposition lawmakers, led by the centre-left Socialists and Chega, which together hold 128 seats, vowed to vote against it and followed through.
The upcoming poll pitches the country of 10.6 million people into months of political uncertainty, just as it is in the process of investing more than €22 billion in EU development funds to retool its economy.
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Political analysts have also noted with concern the rising European tide of populism in the country, with the far-right Chega party surging into third place in last year’s election.
Since transitioning to democracy in the wake of the 1974 Carnation Revolution, which ended a four-decade dictatorship, Portugal has not experienced political turmoil as it is seeing now.
The demise of the minority government in March marks the worst spell of political instability in 50 years of the country's democracy.
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Local residents and aid workers have reported a surge in the looting of supply warehouses in northern Gaza, as conditions continue to deteriorate just over two months into Israel’s aid blockade.
Eyewitnesses, aid organisations and internal communications shared amongst security personnel working for humanitarian groups told media that both armed and unarmed individuals have been forcibly entering warehouses, bakeries and shops since Wednesday.
The blockade has remained in place since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended the most recent ceasefire with Hamas in March. As a result, the densely populated enclave of over two million people has been plunged into what is considered the most humanitarian crisis since the conflict began nearly 19 months ago.
Israeli authorities maintain that the restrictions and military pressure are intended to force Hamas to release the 59 hostages still believed to be in captivity — 24 of whom are presumed dead — and to dismantle the organisation’s militant infrastructure.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has previously stated that depriving civilians of food as a tactic of war amounts to a war crime.
Aid agencies have warned that the civilian population in Gaza is now on the brink of famine. There are growing concerns that the escalating desperation may lead to the complete breakdown of social order. While looting has occurred periodically during the war, aid workers note that this week’s incidents mark a significant shift — being more chaotic and extending further into urban centres.
Palestinians walk next to the closed humanitarian aid distribution center of UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip 29.04.2025. Jehad Alshrafi/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.
Looters search for food and medical supplies
The latest wave of looting began on Wednesday evening in Gaza City, following reports that humanitarian lorries had arrived in the north from the southern region. One aid worker said armed individuals targeted a bakery based on rumours that it contained food reserves.
When it turned out to be empty, the group proceeded to ransack a soup kitchen operated by an international aid agency in the al-Shati refugee camp, according to a security update circulated that evening.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reported that its personnel were safely withdrawn on Wednesday after thousands of people broke into its field office in Gaza City and took medical supplies. Louise Wateridge, a senior emergency official at UNRWA, described the looting as “the direct result of unbearable and prolonged deprivation.”
Looting persisted through to Friday night. According to three witnesses, dozens of armed men forced their way into at least two UN storage facilities, overwhelming the police and local guards tasked with protecting them. The warehouses were already largely depleted before the break-ins occurred.
““There were organised gangs,” said Ahmed Abu Awad, a resident of western Gaza City, where some of the incidents took place.
Another local, Yahya Youssef, said he observed two consecutive nights of armed confrontations between looters and security forces along the streets of western Gaza City, near premises used by UN and aid organisations.
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Israeli overnight attacks kill at least 17 Palestinians
Israeli airstrikes carried out overnight in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis have killed at least 17 Palestinians, according to local hospital records.
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One of the strikes targeted a home within the city's refugee camp, killing 11 members of the same family, the Nasser Hospital confirmed. Among the victims were three women and three children, including two siblings—one aged one year and the other just one month, the hospital said.
Another airstrike struck a home in the Batn al-Samin area of Khan Younis. Additionally, two more people were reported dead in a separate strike on another house in the city, the hospital added.