Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday a response to Yemen's Huthis and their Iranian backers after the rebels struck the area of Israel's main airport, wounding six people.

The strike came hours before Israel's army confirmed the call-up of "tens of thousands" of reservists to expand the 19-month war in Gaza against the Palestinian militants Hamas.

Several international airlines suspended flights to Israel, and hours after the strike Yemen's Huthis promised more such strikes and warned airlines to cancel their flights to Israeli airports.

The military confirmed that the attack, which gouged a large crater in the perimeter of Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, was launched from Yemen and had struck despite "several attempts... to intercept the missile".

In a video published on Telegram, Netanyahu said Israel had "acted against" the Iran-backed rebels in the past and "will act in the future".

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