A fragment of a Houthi ballistic missile that crashed in the central Israeli town of Bet Shemesh, near Jerusalem, on Tuesday —AFP

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Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon has issued what he called a “final warning” to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt missile attacks on his country, saying they risked the same "miserable fate" as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria's Bashar al-Assad if they persisted.

Danon also warned Tehran that Israel has the ability to strike any target in the Middle East, including in Iran. He added that Israel would not tolerate attacks by Iranian proxies. Danon, addressing the  UN Security Council, said that Israel would not tolerate further Houthi attacks.

"To the Houthis, perhaps you have not been paying attention to what has happened to the Middle East over the past year," he said.

"Well, allow me to remind you what has happened to Hamas, to Hezbollah, to Assad, to all those who have attempted to destroy us. Let this be your final warning. This is not a threat. It is a promise. You will share the same miserable fate," Danon said.

Before the meeting, Danon told reporters: "Israel will defend its people. If 2,000 kilometers is not enough to separate our children from the terror, let me assure you, it will not be enough to protect their terror from our strengths."

Hours later, the Israeli military announced that it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, prompting sirens to sound across the country. The Houthis targeted Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv and a power station south of Jerusalem using a hypersonic ballistic missile and a Zulfiqar ballistic missile, respectively, the group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Tuesday.

The Houthis would not end attacks on Israel,  said Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, the head of the Houthis' supreme revolutionary committee, after the Israeli military announced the missile interception.