An American missile defense system was used for the first time to intercept a retaliatory attack launched by Yemen’s Houthis rebels at Israel’s central airport overnight as threats continue to escalate between the Jewish state and Iran’s terror proxies.

Intercepted strike comes a day after Israeli attack on Yemen killed six people and wounded dozens, including a UN worker

TEL AVIV - Israel is preparing for a new front against the Houthis in Yemen, another chapter in a war that continues to expand beyond Israel’s physical borders, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Thursday that the fight against the Iran-backed militant group “is only getting started.”