JERUSALEM — A missile launched from Yemen early Saturday morning struck a playground and a building in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv, causing minor injuries to 16 people, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Magen David Adom (MDA) rescue service.
The strike caused a crater in the playground and damage to the residential building, video footage released by the MDA, the army, and Israeli media showed.
Following the missile launch, sirens were activated across large areas of central Israel.
The IDF said it identified the projectile but failed to intercept it.
Earlier in the day, Yemen’s Houthi group claimed responsibility for the attack, which was launched “in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and in response to the latest Israeli aggression on Yemen,” as announced by Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea in a statement, aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
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