The IAF’s ‘Arrow’ air protection system intercepted a missile that was launched from the Houthis in Yemen on Monday, which activated sirens in Tel Aviv, and surrounding areas, the army introduced.
On Monday night, the police reported that fragments from the missile hit the roof of a residential constructing within the Beit Hanina neighborhood of Jerusalem, and penetrated into the condominium beneath.
Magen David Adom and the police each mentioned that no stories of accidents or fallen shrapnel have been obtained following the interception.
The IDF added that the missile itself didn’t cross into Israeli territory, nonetheless, alerts sounded because of considerations over falling particles from the interception.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was giving testimony for Case 4000 in Tel Aviv District Court on the time of the sirens. The testimony continued regardless because the listening to is going down in an underground corridor, Maariv reported.
According to Israeli media, takeoffs and landings at Ben Gurion Airport have been quickly suspended however have since been resumed as regular.
Houthi assertion
Shortly after the launch, Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree launched a press release saying that the group had carried out “two army operations, the primary focusing on a army web site in occupied Ashkelon and the second focusing on a web site in occupied Jaffa.”
Additionally, Saree claimed the Houthis had carried out a joined drone operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, focusing on websites in southern Israel.
No sirens have been sounded in Ashkelon or different areas in southern Israel.
The Houthis despatched a ballistic missile into central Israel on December 1, which was equally intercepted previous to reaching Israeli territory.
However, on the 9 December, the Houthis efficiently despatched a drone into Israeli territory which crashed right into a penthouse balcony of a high-rise constructing within the metropolis of Yavne with no sirens sounding. No accidents have been reported, however the property was broken.
Since November, the Houthis have fired six ballistic missiles and 5 drones at Israel.
