A missile fired from Yemen crossed central Israel on Sunday and landed inside the border, the Israeli military said, causing no injuries.
“The surface-to-ground missile was identified as it crossed over the center of Israel and then into the east, falling in a remote area,” he said in a statement. The army added that “no injuries were reported”.
On a later note, just before 7am (5am in Lisbon), the Israeli Armed Forces said a “missile was fired from Yemen”.
“The explosions heard in the last few minutes were from the interceptor system [dos mísseis]. The interception result is being investigated,” he said.
As part of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, the Houthi rebels, who control parts of Yemen, have carried out several attacks against Israel, claiming they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In July, the Houthis launched an offensive Drones Against Tel Aviv, killing an Israeli citizen. In response, the Israeli military bombed the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, which is controlled by the Houthis.
The leader of the Houthi rebels said early last month that retaliation to the Israeli attack was inevitable.
For months, Houthi rebels have been targeting ships linked to Israel, the United States or the United Kingdom in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.
The attacks disrupt traffic in this maritime zone, which is essential for global trade, leading the United States to form an international maritime coalition and attack rebel targets in Yemen, sometimes with the help of the United Kingdom.
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