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Yemen's Houthis say they fired two missiles at targets in central Israel
The announcement was made shortly after Israel said it intercepted a missile fired at central Israel from Yemen
- Reuters
- Updated: Mon 7 Oct 2024, 10:03 PM
Yemenis walk past a billboard bearing a portrait of Lebanese Hezbollah's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah during a demonstration in support of Palestinians on the first anniversary of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on October 7, 2024. Photo: AFP
Yemen's Houthis said on Monday that they fired two missiles at military targets in central Israel's Jaffa area. The Houthi announcement was made shortly after Israel said it intercepted a missile fired at central Israel from Yemen.
Earlier, the Israeli military said a surface-to-surface missile fired from Yemen at central Israel on Monday was intercepted.
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The missile set off air raid sirens across large swaths of central Israel, sending residents running for shelter.
"Following the sirens that sounded in a number of areas in central Israel, the surface-to-surface missile fired from Yemen was successfully intercepted" by the Israeli Air Force, the military said in a statement.
The statement did not say who fired the missile. The Iran-backed Houthi movement which controls northern Yemen has frequently attacked Israel over the past year in what it says is solidarity with the Palestinians.
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