The Israeli navy intercepted a missile fired at Israel from Yemen on Sunday, the Israel Protection Forces reported on its Telegram channel.
Rocket alarms had been triggered in a number of areas, together with Tel Aviv, marking the primary alerts in practically three weeks within the coastal metropolis, the place a muffled explosion was heard within the metropolis centre.
The interception adopted an earlier assault by the Israeli navy on targets in Yemen.
The missile launch occurred throughout a day of widespread protests in Israel, the place demonstrators referred to as for an finish to the Gaza warfare and the discharge of hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
Because the begin of the Gaza warfare in October 2023, members of the Houthi militia in Yemen have recurrently attacked Israel with missiles and drones as an expression of solidarity with Hamas in Gaza Strip.
In response, the Israeli Air Pressure has ceaselessly carried out airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. Each the Houthis and Hamas are allies of Iran.
Individuals sit on the bottom and canopy their heads as a siren sounds a warning of incoming missile fired from Yemen throughout a protest calling to finish the warfare on Gaza and to free the hostages. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
