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Residents of an apartment building in central Israel's Holon who rushed to the bomb shelter overnight Thursday following air raid sirens were shocked to discover the lifeless body of a 49-year-old man lying on the floor.
Neighbors alerted emergency services, and the body was transferred to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv for examination. Police found no signs of foul play. The death is suspected to be drug-related.
The missile attack marked the first Houthi launch against Israel in two months, coming amid renewed fighting in Gaza. Air raid sirens were activated in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, Jerusalem and the Sharon region. The IDF reported that the single missile was intercepted outside Israeli territory.
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According to Magen David Adom, 13 people were injured while rushing to shelters and three others suffered from shock. The sirens, which sounded at 3:59 a.m., woke millions across central cities. Several flights to Ben Gurion Airport were delayed due to the attack.
The Houthis claimed the missile, which they referred to as a "hypersonic" Palestine-2 model, was aimed at Ben Gurion Airport. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the strike was in response to "massacres in Gaza." Senior Houthi official Nasruddin Amer wrote on X: "People of Gaza, you're not alone. Allah is with you and so are we."
The terror group also said it had escalated attacks on "hostile warships in the Red Sea, including the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying vessels," adding that the U.S. had failed to prevent the Yemeni missile fire toward Israel.