The Israeli occupation army has announced the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen, which was successfully intercepted by the Arrow air defense system.
Sirens echoed across large areas of Greater Tel Aviv, reaching as far as northern occupied Palestine.
Media outlets reported the sounds of loud explosions, while the Home Front Command stressed the importance of Israelis remaining in safe locations.
Israeli army radio reported that over 2 million settlers rushed to shelters following the missile launch from Yemen, which reached central occupied territories.
It noted that 17 Israelis were injured while fleeing to shelters, with some sustaining moderate injuries.
Israeli media also reported that Ben Gurion Airport briefly halted operations after the missile launch targeting Tel Aviv.
Earlier this month, the Israeli occupation army revealed that a ground-to-ground missile was fired at central “Israel” from Yemen, landing in an uninhabited area near “Tel Aviv.”
Yahya Saree, the military spokesperson for Ansar Allah (Houthis), stated that the Yemeni armed forces conducted a specialized military operation, targeting a military site in Jaffa with a hypersonic missile.
He added that the “hypersonic missile covered a distance of approximately 2,400 kilometers in just 11 and a half minutes.”
Israeli army radio reported that the missile’s path covered around 2,000 kilometers, taking about 15 minutes to reach its destination.
The radio confirmed the launch of several interceptors, from both the Arrow system and the Iron Dome, but they failed to stop the missile.
Hebrew media described the event as a failure of the Home Front Command and the air defense systems in handling the missile threat, stressing that the threat should have been neutralized outside “Israel’s” borders.
Israeli police stated that the Yemeni missile landed in the town of Kfar Daniel, close to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
They added that the missile caused fires in forested areas and inflicted material damage on a major train station near the town of Modiin.
Meanwhile, the Israeli news site “Walla” reported that Israeli and American spy satellites, which were supposed to track potential launch sites in Yemen, failed to detect the missile.
It further noted that the American satellites should have picked up the intense heat emitted from the missile’s engine and alerted the Israeli army accordingly.
