A media outlet associated with the Houthis reported a strike at the airport in Sanaa. Simultaneously, an explosion was heard in Riyadh. Shortly after, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an unusual condemnation statement regarding the attack at the international airport in the Saudi capital, in which 12 people were killed and 309 were injured: "I condemn in the strongest possible terms the horrific terror attack at the airport in Riyadh. On behalf of the citizens of Israel, I express our deepest condolences to the families of those murdered and wish the injured a full recovery."

