Breaking: Houthi Ballistic Missile Fired at Central Israel

Several injured running for shelter (just as we were getting used to no alerts - well, at least from Lebanon - but the day is still young).

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The attempted strike centered on the region between Jerusalem and the Ben-Gurion International Airport.

IDF initial statements say the weapon was successfully downed at high altitude:

IDF Spokesperson:

Following the alerts that were activated in the Shefaela, Lachish and Yarkon areas between 06:21-06:22, one launch from Yemen was detected and intercepted before it crossed into Israeli territory.

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Israel Police spokeswoman:

“An alarm was heard in the area of ​​the city of Beit Shemesh and surrounding communities. The Israel Police are currently conducting scans to locate the areas where interception remnants fell in the district.

“A short time ago, alerts were heard in the area of ​​the city of Beit Shemesh and surrounding communities. Jerusalem District police are currently conducting scans for hotspots in the areas where the alert was sounded.”

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MDA Spokesperson update:

“MDA teams searched the scene where a report was received. At this stage, no victims from shrapnel were found, except for panic victims and 4 people who were injured on their way to a protected area in the Rishon LeZion, Rehovot, Be'er Yaakov and Lod sectors.”

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The red points and locations on the map are areas projected to be—or possibly hit—by the expanding falling debris cone, caused by the impact on the incoming weapon by what I'll assume for the moment was an exo-atmospheric Arrow defensive missile.

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Over Shabbat, the IDF reported that it successfully thwarted two attempted explosive UAV drones launched from Iraq, before the aerial munitions reached Israeli territory.

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