Ballistic missile launched from Yemen falls in central Israel, activating air raid alarms

Maximum tension in the Middle East. Air raid alarms sounded early this Sunday in central Israel due to the arrival of Ballistic missile fired from Yemenas confirmed by the Israeli army in a statement in which it has not yet specified whether it had succeeded in intercepting it.

“A surface-to-surface missile was identified that crossed towards central Israel and fell in an open space. The explosions heard a few minutes ago are interceptor missiles. The result of these interceptions is being investigated,” they said in the text.

Israel’s Magen David Amon emergency service reported that its paramedics treated and evacuated to Sheba Tel Hashomer, Shamir Assaf Harofe, Belinson, Kaplan and Meir hospitals about nine people, including women, who were found. minor injuries on their way to the shelters where they went after hearing the sirens.

Similarly, the army announced that there would be no change in the directives for the civilian population following this incident for this Sunday.

Videos posted on social media show smoke rising from bushes, apparently from shrapnel, near Highway 1.

Another image also shows damage to an escalator at a train station on the outskirts of Modin, about 25 kilometers east of Tel Aviv. Israeli police are searching for shrapnel in the area, according to media reports.

With the outbreak of war in Gaza, In recent months, pro-Iranian Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for launching drones and projectiles into Israeli territory, as well as attacks in the Red Sea against Israeli ships, just as the Lebanese group Hezbollah does on the border with Israel, in solidarity with the Palestinians.

On July 19, a drone fired and claimed by the Houthis struck a building in Tel Aviv, killing one person and wounding eight. The explosion occurred without prior air raid alarms, which Israel justified by the type of drone used by the Yemenis.

The Houthis and Hezbollah insist that their attacks on Israeli territory will cease when Israel ends its war in the Gaza Strip with nearly 41,200 dead; until this scenario comes to fruition, the international community’s fear that a regional conflict could break out at some point has remained dormant for months.