Missile fired from Yemen lands in open area in central Israel and sets off air raid sirens

(15 Sep 2024)
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Modiin, Israel - 15 September 2024
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STORYLINE:
A long-range missile fired from Yemen landed in an open area in central Israel early Sunday, the Israeli military said, in the latest reverberation from the nearly yearlong war in Gaza.

The early morning attack triggered air raid sirens, including at Israel's international airport, where Israeli media aired footage of people racing to shelters.

There were no reports of casualties or damage, and the airport authority said operations resumed as normal shortly thereafter.

A fire could be seen in a rural area of central Israel, and local media showed images of what appeared to be a fragment from a missile or interceptor that landed on an escalator in a train station in the central town of Modiin.

The military said the sound of explosions in the area came from interceptors.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have repeatedly fired drones and missiles toward Israel since the start of the nearly yearlong Israel-Hamas war, but nearly all of them have been intercepted over the Red Sea.

There was no immediate claim for Sunday's attack.

In July, an Iranian-made drone launched by the Houthis struck Tel Aviv, killing one person and wounding 10 others. Israel responded with a wave of airstrikes on Houthi-held areas of Yemen.

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