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\nA missile fired from Yemen hit Tel Aviv overnight into Saturday, Israeli authorities said, in a rare instance of a failed interception over the city.
\nIsrael\u2019s military said the projectile landed in Tel Aviv\u2019s southern Jaffa area, adding that attempts to intercept a missile from Yemen failed shortly after sirens sounded in the area. More than a dozen people sustained minor injuries, according to emergency services, but no fatalities were reported.
\nIsrael\u2019s second-largest city, Tel Aviv is the country\u2019s commercial and diplomatic center. Direct hits from projectiles fired at the coastal city are rare, due to Israel\u2019s extensive air defenses.
\nAfter the strike, the Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen said they fired a hypersonic ballistic missile labeled \u201cPalestine 2\u201d at an Israeli military target in the Jaffa area early on Saturday.
\n\u201cThe missile struck its target accurately and the defenses and interception systems failed to intercept it,\u201d the militant group said in a statement.
\nAt least 16 people sustained minor injuries from glass fragments that broke in nearby buildings, Israel\u2019s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service said.
\nIn addition, 14 victims were treated for slight injuries they sustained seeking shelter, as well as seven panic victims.
\nResident Beth Shahai, 69, told the Reuters news agency that she heard sirens but the missile exploded before she had time to flee her home.
\n\u201cThe ballistic missile landed right behind our building, and all the windows blew in on the first, second floor, and the whole area. It was very frightening,\u201d she said.
\nSince Israel\u2019s war with Hamas in Gaza started in October last year, the country has come under fire from missiles and rockets from Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, both Iran-backed militant groups, as well as from Iran itself. Almost all of the projectiles have been intercepted by Israel\u2019s air defenses.
\nIsrael\u2019s besiegement and bombardment of Gaza has led to tens of thousands of deaths and a humanitarian catastrophe, while its attacks on Lebanon have killed about 4,000.
\nThe Houthis have for months targeted ships in the Red Sea, one of the world\u2019s busiest waterways, calling the attacks a response to the war in Gaza.
\nThe Houthis, Hamas and Hezbollah are all part of an Iran-led alliance spanning much of the region, that has attacked Israel and its allies since the war began last year. They say they won\u2019t stop striking Israel and its allies until a ceasefire is reached in the Palestinian enclave.
\nHamas\u2019s October 7 attack on Israel \u2013 in which militants killed more than 1,000 people and took hundreds hostage \u2013 sparked the more than 14 months of conflict.
\nOn Thursday, the Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, with shrapnel causing extensive damage to a school near Tel Aviv.
\nIn November, shrapnel from an intercepted Hezbollah rocket hit a building in the city.
\nAnd in July, the Houthis claimed responsibility for a deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv \u2013 the first such strike on the city by the group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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