Tel Aviv residents sought shelter after a missile from Yemen struck central Israel, the military said.
A long-range ballistic missile fired from Yemen has hit central Israel, setting off air raid sirens, the Israeli military said.
The missile set off air-warning sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel, including Ben Gurion International Airport, forcing residents to seek shelter. There were no reports of casualties or damage and the airport authority said operations resumed normally shortly afterward.
They also showed images of a fragment that fell onto an escalator at a train station in the central city of Modiin.
“Following the sound of sirens that recently sounded in central Israel, a ground-to-ground missile was detected crossing into central Israel from the east and fell in an open area. No injuries were reported,” the army said.
Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency services, said in a post on X that nine people had suffered minor injuries while seeking shelter.
Loud bangs were also heard in the area, which the military said came from Israeli missile interceptors.
It added that its protection guidelines for residents of Israel have not changed.
Houthi news agency Saba said Israel's defence system failed to shoot down the Yemeni missile, causing a fire.
“A Yemeni missile reached Israel after ‘20 missiles failed to intercept it,’” Nasruddin Amer, a Houthi media official, posted on X.
In a statement on Telegram, the group said its military spokesman would soon give details about a “qualitative operation that targeted the depth of the Zionist entity.”
The Houthis' “solidarity campaign”
The Houthi group, also known as Ansar Allah (supporters of God), controls most of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa.
It has been attacking Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait since November in what it says is a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians and against Israel's continuing war in Gaza.
This has forced shipping companies to divert their vessels to longer and more expensive routes around southern Africa.
A US-led military coalition has been bombing Houthi targets since January, but the Yemeni group has continued its attacks.
The group has also fired drones and missiles from across the Red Sea toward Eilat, a port city in southern Israel.
In June, the group's military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said it had launched two joint military operations with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq against ships in the Israeli port of Haifa.
In July, the Houthis in Yemen fired a long-range drone at Tel Aviv, killing one man and wounding four others.
Israel subsequently carried out a major airstrike against Houthi military targets near the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, killing at least three people and wounding 87.
