14 injured in Israel as Houthi missile hits Tel Aviv, Yemeni group says 'heart of enemy no longer secure'

In a major turn of events, at least 14 people were injured in Israel’s capital Tel Aviv after Yemeni militant group Houthis launched a missile attack against the Jewish nation. According to The Times of Israel, the missile struck a residential neighbourhood in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Israel’s Magen David Adom paramedics said that the 14 people injured in the incident were hurt mainly by shards of glass that emerged following the strike.

The Israel Defence Forces confirmed the attack and maintained that the missile hit the capital after several “unsuccessful interception attempts.” The military noted that they are probing the circumstances of the attack. As per the report, the missile targeted a public park in the Israeli capital on Sunday.

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מכתש בגן שעשועים: זירת הנפילה במרכז. pic.twitter.com/kn4gZmWaf2

— אור רביד | Or Ravid (@OrRavid) December 21, 2024

IDF says it was a ‘partial interception’

The IDF noted that there was only “a partial interception of the missile launched from Yemen and that the warhead [likely] exploded and damaged the school.” The Israel Air Force (IAF) and Home Front Command are currently conducting an in-depth probe into the matter.

It is pertinent to note the latest strike came after IAF struck terror targets in Yemen on Thursday. The Israeli attack took place in retaliation to Houthi’s missile attack at an elementary school in Ramat Gan, just east of Tel Aviv.

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Following the strike, Houthi official Hezam al-Asad said that the failure of Israeli defences means that the “heart of the enemy is no longer secure.” “The failure of all Israeli defence systems means that the heart of the Zionist enemy is no longer secure," he said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

כבר אין תועלת במערכות יירוט שעולות מיליארדי דולרים. pic.twitter.com/y53bulgr2q

— حزام الأسد (@hezamalasad) December 21, 2024

In another post, he said: " “There is no longer any use for interception systems that cost billions of dollars.” “The enemy is trying to minimize its losses in the media to maintain its military standing and the morale of its settlers. It portrays the areas where the interceptor missiles fell as targets hit by [our] missiles,” he added.