Mourners pray next to the body of Palestinian woman, Hanaa Mansour, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced people, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 18, 2024.

The Houthis claimed responsibility for the strike in the Jaffa area and celebrated the Israel Defense Forces’ failed attempt to intercept the missile.

As we have been reporting, a missile launched from Yemen struck the Israeli city of Tel Aviv overnight, injuring at least 16 people. The Yemen-based Houthis have now confirmed they fired a “hypersonic ballistic missile” named “Palestine 2”, striking the “occupied Jaffa area” just south of the coastal city.