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Tel Aviv attacked again by Houthi ballistic missile; Israeli wounded as Hezbollah fires on Haifa & Tiberias

Early Friday morning, the Yemeni Houthi terrorists again attacked Tel Aviv and its surroundings with a ballistic missile, while Hezbollah resumed its rocket fire on Tiberias and Haifa several hours later.

Shortly after midnight, alarm sirens blared across large swathes of central Israel, while large parts of the country could observe a ballistic missile fired from Yemen being shot down by the IDF’s Arrow defense system.

Footage taken in Jerusalem showed the missile in the sky above large crowds in the Old City and near the Western Wall, who were there for Selichot prayers. While no alarm sirens were activated there, the ballistic missile and the Arrow interceptor could be seen with bare eyes.

 

According to the IDF, “The alarms and explosions that were heard are the result of the interception process and the fragments from the interception… As of this stage, there is no change in the directives of the Home Front Command.”

According to Army Radio, the interception occurred outside of the atmosphere, causing missile fragments to scatter over wide areas.

This was reportedly the cause for the activation of alarm sirens across central Israel, including Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Petah Tikva, Ramle and Lod, Modi’in and several other towns.

While the attack didn’t directly cause injuries, the Magen David Adom rescue service said a 17-year-old girl was moderately wounded after being struck by a car pulling to the side of the road amid the alarm sirens.

 

In addition, 17 people were treated for light injuries after falling on the way to shelters or as the result of acute anxiety.

The Houthis during the night published a statement claiming to have attacked Israel in retaliation for the killing of Muhammad Hussein Sarour in Beirut on Thursday. Sarour in the past served as Hezbollah’s envoy to Yemen and trained the Houthis to use Iranian-made drones.

Several hours later, Hebzollah resumed its rocket fire with three barrages fired at Tiberias and the area of the Sea of Galilee, and another barrage fired at Haifa and its surroundings.

In Tiberias, a man was moderately wounded by shrapnel and evacuated to a hospital. Two people were hurt running to shelters.

After the second barrage, Tiberias mayor Yossi Nevea said, “Today we already experienced two alarms and also falls. Fortunately, most of the falls were in the Kinneret, but there are also falls inside the city. It is very important to obey the instructions of the Home Front Command. For Shabbat, we ask to minimize movement on the streets.”

Mia Merlanjon-Aharoni, who came to row in the Sea of Galilee, witnessed several rockets falling into the lake. “I was standing in the water next to the kayak, we heard alarms and three black smoke mushrooms appeared in front of me in the water followed by deafening booms,” she told Ynet News.

In Haifa, a volley of around 10 rockets set off alarms in the city center and several suburbs in the Krayot area, with shrapnel damaging two buildings and a car. At least one rocket landed in the sea, according to reports.

Within hours, the IDF announced it had struck the launchers used by Hezbollah to attack Haifa in southern Lebanon.

The IDF also said it shot down four drones off the coast of Rosh Hanikra in the Western Galilee.

In addition, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) claimed to have fired two drones at the Golan Heights, and a cruise missile at a “vital target in Israel.”

There were no reports of an attack in the Golan Heights at the time of publication.