Houthi Missile Reaches Central Israel, Riddling Air Shield
- Little damage cited after sirens sound in several towns
- Iran-backed Yemeni rebels say they used a hypersonic missile
Responders put out a fire in the area of Lod, near Tel Aviv, in central Israel on Sept. 15.
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A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis reached central Israel, setting off sirens from the outskirts of Tel Aviv to the Jerusalem foothills, and partially broke apart in mid-air after it was shot at, the Israeli military said.
The Iranian-aligned rebels, whose long-range attacks on Israel in solidarity with Hamas’ almost year-old war against it from Gaza have mostly been intercepted over the Red Sea, said the missile they used on Sunday was new and hypersonic. They didn’t elaborate.