A surface-to-surface missile was fired at central Israel from Yemen on Sunday, hitting an unpopulated space and inflicting no accidents, Israel’s army mentioned.
Air raid sirens had sounded in Tel Aviv and throughout central Israel moments earlier than the missile landed at round 6:35 a.m. native time (0335 GMT), sending residents working for shelter.
“Following the sirens that sounded a short time in the past in central Israel, a surface-to-surface missile was recognized crossing into central Israel from the east and fell in an open space. No accidents had been reported,” the army mentioned.
Loud booms had been additionally heard within the area, which the army mentioned got here from missile interceptors that had been launched. It added that its protecting pointers to Israel’s residents had been unchanged.
Smoke could possibly be seen billowing in an open subject in central Israel, in response to a Reuters witness, although it was unclear if the fireplace was began by the missile or particles of an interceptor.
In July, Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen fired a long-range drone at Tel Aviv, killing one man and wounding 4 others. The assault prompted Israel to hold out a significant air strike on Houthi army targets close to Yemen’s Hodeidah port, killing a minimum of three folks and wounding 87.
The Israeli army additionally mentioned that 40 projectiles had been fired in direction of Israel from Lebanon on Sunday and had been both intercepted or landed in open areas.
“No accidents had been reported,” the army mentioned.
