The Israeli military said several people were lightly injured after its air defenses failed to intercept the projectile, which struck a playground in the city.

The Houthis claimed responsibility for the strike in the Jaffa area and celebrated the Israel Defense Forces’ failed attempt to intercept the missile.

The Israeli military said attempts to shoot down a projectile launched from Yemen had been unsuccessful and that it had landed in a public park.

Mourners pray next to the body of Palestinian woman, Hanaa Mansour, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced people, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 18, 2024.

No children were present in the building. The rocket was fired as Israeli fighter jets were on their way to Yemen to target Houthi positions there.

SANAA : Yemen’s Houthi rebels said today that they had fired a ballistic missile at central Israel, with Israeli forces saying they intercepted the attack. The missile was aimed at the Tel Aviv area, the Iran-backed Houthis said. The Israelis reported it was shot down before it entered Israeli territory.

Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.

Sirens echoed over central Israel in the early hours of Wednesday (December 25) as a missile, according to Israeli military, that came from Yemen was intercepted.