The Jerusalem Post May 4, 2025
Houthi missile interception failure due to technical error, IDF sources tell 'Post'

IDF sources told 'Post' that since the beginning of the war, the Israel Air Force intercepted dozens of Houthi missiles at a success rate that exceeded 95%

The IDF's failure to shoot down the Houthi missile that struck the Ben-Gurion Airport area on Sunday morning was due to a technical error like October 7
Further, this means that the error was not due to human error nor to any special new weapons which the Houthis might claim to have acquired.

The statement comes after three people were mildly wounded on Sunday as a result of a Houthi missile that crashed in the area of Ben-Gurion Airport's Terminal 3. The missile hit near the parking lots of Terminal 3, the airport’s largest. The crater was just hundreds of metres from the tarmac.