Sirens sound as Houthi rebels launch missile that landed in central Israel

Nine people were injured as they ran to shelters, after air raid sirens sounded in central Israel Sunday morning.

Nine people were injured as they ran to shelters, after air raid sirens sounded in central Israel Sunday morning. A ballistic missile launched from Yemen crossed into Israel, landing in an open field outside Tel Aviv, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who claimed responsibility for the attack, will exact "a heavy price for any attempt to harm us."

"Anyone who attacks us will not escape from our arms," he said during a cabinet meeting on Sunday.

The sirens were the first in the region in months, and included Israel's Ben Gurion international airport in Tel Aviv, where local media showed footage of people racing to shelters. The airport's website says it has now returned to normal operations.

Video seen by NBC News and verified by Reuters showed a fire in a rural area outside Tel Aviv, with smoke billowing from a crater in the ground as firefighters tackled the blaze.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sirens-central-israel-houthi-missile-rcna171186

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