A passenger said the attack, which came shortly after air raid sirens sounded across parts of Israel, caused “panic”.
“It is crazy to say but since Oct 7 we are used to this,” the 50-year-old, who did not want to be named, said referring to the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the Gaza war.
Flights resumed after being halted briefly, with the aviation authority saying Ben Gurion was now “open and operational”.
Israel’s security cabinet were to meet on Sunday, a government official said, before army chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir confirmed media reports of a planned expansion of the Gaza war.
“This week we are issuing tens of thousands of orders to our reservists to intensify and expand our operation in Gaza,” Zamir said in a statement, adding the army would destroy all Hamas infrastructure, “both on the surface and underground”.
Israel’s public broadcaster had said the security cabinet would meet to discuss the expanded offensive.
The Houthis, who control swathes of Yemen, have launched missiles and drones targeting Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war.
Israel resumed major operations across Gaza on Mar 18 amid a deadlock over how to proceed with a two-month ceasefire that had largely stopped the war.
