Missile Launched by Houthis Sets off Sirens in Central Israel, Landing in Open Field
The IDF said that Israel’s air defense systems had launched several interceptors to bring down the missile.
A missile attack from Yemen triggered sirens across central Israel early Sunday morning.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a surface-to-surface missile from Yemen had set off sirens in the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv and its surrounding areas around 6:30 a.m.
According to initial reports, the IDF said the missile had landed in an open area and that no injuries or damage had been reported. The Israel Fire and Rescue Authority shared on Telegram footage of smoke rising from scrubland on the Route 1 highway where the missile landed.
The IDF said that Israel’s air defense systems had launched several interceptors to bring down the missile.
“The explosive sounds heard in the last few minutes are from the interceptors,” it said in updates on Telegram.
However, the interceptors seem to have engaged the missile late when it was already over Israeli airspace, as shrapnel from the interceptors were reported to have fallen inside Israel, both in open areas as well as at a train station on the outskirts of Modiin, some 18 miles east of Tel Aviv.
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