Reuters
27 September, 2024, 11:50 am
Remaining modified: 27 September, 2024, 11:51 am
The Israeli military stated it intercepted a missile that changed into as soon as fired from Yemen after sirens and explosions were heard early on Friday.
“Following the sirens that sounded in central Israel, the surface-to-surface missile that changed into as soon as launched from Yemen changed into as soon as intercepted by an ‘Arrow’ interceptor originate air of Israeli territory,” the military stated in an announcement.
“There would possibly perhaps be within the intervening time no alternate to the IDF Defensive pointers,” it stated, using the acronym for the Israel Protection Forces.
Yemen’s Houthi militants maintain fired missiles and drones at Israel continuously in what they allege is cohesion with the Palestinians, on account of the Gaza war started with a Hamas assault on Israel on 7 Oct.
In July, the Houthis fired a drone at Tel Aviv for the first time, killing a man and wounding four of us. Israeli airstrikes in response on Houthi military targets approach the port of Hodeidah killed six and wounded 80.
Earlier this month, they reached central Israel with a missile that Israel stated changed into as soon as hit by an interceptor and fragmented within the air.
