Thursday, December 19, 2024

Sirens blare across central Israel after Yemen's Houthis launch ballistic missile - Shir Perets, Jerusalem Post Staff

 

by Shir Perets, Jerusalem Post Staff

This is the second time this week that Yemen targeted Israel. An initial drone was fired toward the country on Monday.

 

Emergency services personnel walk at a damaged site after a ballistic missile fired from Yemen was intercepted, in Ramat Gan, Israel December 19, 2024. (photo credit: STOYAN NENOV/REUTERS)
Emergency services personnel walk at a damaged site after a ballistic missile fired from Yemen was intercepted, in Ramat Gan, Israel December 19, 2024.
(photo credit: STOYAN NENOV/REUTERS)

 

Sirens sounded across central Israel after the Houthis in Yemen fired a ballistic missile at the Jewish state, the IDF announced early on Thursday morning.

The military said that the missile was intercepted by the air force before crossing into Israeli territory, and sirens were sounded due to the possibility of falling shrapnel.

Both the IDF and Israel's emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, said that no one was wounded due to shrapnel. However, several people reported suffering from panic attacks or minor injuries on the way to safe rooms.

The Houthis released a statement on Thursday morning, saying that they fired two ballistic missiles towards Israel.

On Thursday morning, the Ramat Gan municipality announced that shrapnel had damaged the main building of the Ramat Efal school, causing it to collapse.

Map of where rockets were sounded throughout central Israel after Yemen fired a projectile toward the area December 19, 2024 (credit: SCREENSHOT/TZOFAR)
Map of where rockets were sounded throughout central Israel after Yemen fired a projectile toward the area December 19, 2024 (credit: SCREENSHOT/TZOFAR)

The interception caused explosions to be heard across the country.

Missiles from Yemen

This is the second time this week that the Houthis targeted Israel. On Monday, the Yemeni terror group launched a drone at the country.

An IDF missile boat intercepted the Yemen drone at the time, and Israel's military noted that it had not crossed into Israeli territory. 

"Occupied Jaffa 'Tel Aviv' is not safe for Zionists," Nasruddin Amer, chairman of the Houthi-backed Yemeni state news agency Saba, posted on X/Twitter, along with a photo of what he called "A new failure of the Zionist air defense."


 Shir Perets, Jerusalem Post Staff

Source: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-834059

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