The Israeli Air Force on Sunday morning intercepted a ballistic missile fired at Israel by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. It was the eighth such attack from the southern Arabia nation in recent weeks.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the missile was intercepted before entering Israeli airspace. Air-raid sirens were triggered across central Israel, including in the Tel Aviv area and Even Sapir and Aminadav near Yerushalayim, in line with standard protocol.
A 42-year-old woman was moderately injured when she fell in a roadside ditch near the Ganot Interchange during the sirens and was evacuated to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital), according to the Magen David Adom emergency medical service. Separately, MDA said that a 34-year-old woman sustained a serious finger injury from a protected room door and was taken to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan.
There was also a report of shrapnel falling in the courtyard of an elementary school in Tzur Hadassah, a small community located in the Judean Hills southwest of Yerushalayim. No injuries were reported in connection with the shrapnel incident.

Police reported several instances of missile interception debris falling across central Israel. Fragments landed on a soccer field in Tzur Hadassah, while in Moshav Eshtaol, debris struck the roof of a private home and the garden of another. Near Eshtaol, at Shimshon Junction, fragments were found on a car roof. Additional debris was reported in open areas near Moshav Taoz and along Route 375. No injuries were reported in these incidents.
A returning Ryanair flight was forced to delay landing due to the missile launch.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called for direct action against Iran in response to the Houthi missile attack, saying: “When the Houthis, an Iranian terror proxy, fire on Israel, Israel must respond in Tehran. Iran is the one funding, arming, training, and directing the Houthis. Iran has a lot to lose; the Houthis much less. That’s why Israel must exact a price from Iran. Only then will Iran understand: you don’t fire on the Jewish state.”
National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz echoed the call, highlighting a December X post in which he stated: “The solution to Yemen lies in Iran.
We must not settle for retaliatory actions against the Houthis — it’s time to address the source.”

Overnight, reports from Yemen indicated that the U.S. conducted a series of airstrikes in the Sanaa area and other parts of the country, as part of its ongoing campaign in recent weeks against the terrorist group.
On March 27, a Houthi missile triggered sirens across central Israel, with interception fragments later being found in the western Samaria community of Mevo Horon, near Modi’in, a city of around 100,000.
On March 24, local media aired footage of a Houthi missile being intercepted over Jerusalem. Shrapnel fell in the city of Beit Shemesh, some 12 miles west of Jerusalem in the Judean Foothills.
That attack followed another on March 23, which likewise triggered air-raid sirens, including in Tel Aviv.
All the missiles were shot down, and no injuries or damage were reported in any of the attacks.
Since Hamas initiated the war on Oct. 7, 2023, the Houthis have fired more than 350 drones and missiles at the Jewish state in support of the Palestinian terror group, in addition to carrying out numerous attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea.
The Houthis resumed their attacks on Israel on March 18, marking the first time that the country’s air defenses were activated against a threat from Yemen since mid-January, when a Gaza truce went into effect. JNS
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