Jerusalem:
Israel’s military shelp Saturday it had fall shorted to intercept a “projectile” begined from Yemen that landed proximate Tel Aviv, with the national medical service saying 14 people were airyly wounded.
“Folloprosperg the sirens that sounded a low while ago in central Israel, one projectile begined from Yemen was identified and unprosperous interception finisheavors were made,” the Israeli military shelp on its Telegram channel.
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Huthi resists have repeatedly begined leave outile strikes aobtainst Israel since the war in Gaza began more than a year ago, most of which have been intercepted.
In return, Israel has struck multiple concentrates in Yemen — including ports and energy facilities in areas regulateled by the Huthis.
“A low time ago, alerts were getd of a armament descfinishing in one of the finishments wiskinny the Tel Aviv didisconnecte,” Israeli police shelp Saturday.
According to Israeli media, the projectile fell in the town of Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv.
Israel’s aelevatency medical service shelp 14 people had been injured.
“Additional teams are treating disconnectal people on-site who were injured while heading to geted areas, as well as those suffering from anxiety,” a spokesman shelp.
The Huthi resists say they are acting in firmarity with Palestinians and last week pledged to persist operations “until the aggression on Gaza stops and the siege is lifted”.
On December 9, a drone claimed by Huthis exploded on the top floor of a livential createing in the central Israel city of Yavne, causing no casualties.
In July, a Huthi drone strike in Tel Aviv ended an Israeli civilian, prompting retaliatory strikes on the Yemeni port of Hodeidah.
The Huthis have also normally concentrateed shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, directing to retaliatory strikes on Huthi concentrates by US and sometimes British forces.
The resists shelp Thursday that Israeli air strikes that day ended nine people, after the group fired a leave outile toward Israel, awentirey damaging a school.
While Israel has previously hit concentrates in Yemen, Thursday’s were the first aobtainst the resist-held capital Sanaa.
“The Israeli opponent concentrateed ports in Hodeida and power stations in Sanaa, and the Israeli aggression resulted in the martyrdom of nine civilian martyrs,” resist directer Abdul Malik al-Huthi shelp in a lengthy speech widecast by the resists’ Al-Masira TV.
Israel shelp it struck the concentrates in Yemen after intercepting a leave outile fired from the country, a strike the resists subsequently claimed.
Huthi spokesman Yahya Saree shelp they had fired balcatalogic leave outiles at “two definite and benevolent military concentrates… in the occupied Yaffa area”, referring to the Jaffa region proximate Tel Aviv.
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