DUBAI (Reuters) – The Israeli military said sirens sounded across central Israel on Monday after a missile was fired from Yemen and was shot down before it crossed into Israel.
Yemen’s Houthi militants said they fired a ballistic missile at a military target in Jaffa, a city in central Israel, Yahya Saree, their military spokesperson, said in a televised statement.
The Iran-backed group in Yemen have repeatedly fired drones and missiles towards Israel in what they describe as acts of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom, Editing by Timothy Heritage and Hugh Lawson)