Israeli air defenses intercepted a surface-to-surface ballistic missile fired by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, the military said after sirens were activated in Tel Aviv and across central Israel early Friday morning.
The Israel Defense Forces said the missile was downed “outside the country’s borders” by the long-range Arrow 3 air defense system, adding that warning alerts were triggered due to concerns about falling shrapnel from the interception.
The Arrow 3 system is designed to take out ballistic missiles while they are still outside of the atmosphere. As a result of the exoatmospheric interception, sirens were activated in a wide area.
The IDF also said there were no new instructions from the Home Front Command following the attack.
There were no reports of direct impacts from the shrapnel and no one was directly hurt by falling debris. However, the Magen David Adom ambulance service said a 17-year-old girl was moderately hurt after being struck by a car pulling to the side of the road amid the attack.