Sirens were heard across the central region, following a missile launched from Yemen. The missile was successfully intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory, according to the IDF.
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The sirens, which sent millions into shelters, sounded just minutes after reports of a US-British attack on the port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. The Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah channel reported two strikes by the international coalition targeting a Houthi weapons depot in southern Hodeidah.
Following the alarms, takeoffs and landings at Ben Gurion Airport were halted, and permission to land was withheld from a plane that was on its way from Rome, and from an El Al flight from Krakow.
The alarm sounded during a well-attended show at the Menorah Hall in Tel Aviv, as performer Moshe Peretz sang to the thousands: "Houthis, let's buy you some Houthis."
Magen David Adom reported that several people were injured on their way to their shelters, and several others were described as victims of panic.
Among the places where sirens were sounded was: Tel Aviv, Rehovot, Nes Ziona, Rishon LeZion, Lod, Ramat Gan, Bat Yam, Be'er Yaakov, Mikveh Israel, Ramla, Petah Tikva, Givatayim, Kiryat Ono, Bnei Brak, Yehud-Monosson, Ramat Hasharon, Holon, Herzliya, Shoham, Or Yehuda, Saviyon, Givat Shmuel, Ashdod, Gedera, Yavne, Gan Yavne, Kiryat Malachi, Beit Shemesh and Modi'in-Maccabim-Reut.
Last week, the Houthis launched five missiles into Israel in the middle of the night, the last time on the night between Friday and Saturday, when at 2:11 a.m., sirens were activated in Jerusalem, and in communities in the Judea region, the Dead Sea and the northern Negev, due to a missile launch from Yemen. The IDF announced that the missile was intercepted outside the country.
Despite the attacks in Yemen by Israel and the coalition countries, the Houthis continue to threaten and promise to attack Israel again and again as a sign of "support for the Palestinians," until "the siege is lifted and the attacks against Gaza are stopped." Despite the increasing price the Houthis are paying as the conflict escalates, Israel estimates that the war of attrition against the terrorist organization will continue, at least until the rebel leadership is eliminated.