The group's military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a televised statement that the strike was the third by the Houthis on Israel in a 12-hour period, vowing that attacks would continue until the Israeli war on Gaza ends and the siege is lifted.

The Houthis in Yemen say they fired the missile, which it appears was successfully intercepted, with a large piece of debris landing on a house.

The US Navy blasted several guided missiles at Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen from a warship in the Red Sea on New Year’s Eve, impressive video shared by US Central Command shows.

The missile, known as the Palestine 2, was joined by four drones, all of which targeted the Jaffa area in Israel, according to Houthu spokesman Yahya Saree

A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted central Israel early Tuesday, sounding sirens and causing people to flee into bomb shelters. The Israeli military said several attempts to intercept a missile launched from Yemen were made and “the missile was likely intercepted.

Members of a police bomb disposal unit work to evacuate parts of a ballistic missile fired from Yemen overnight, which landed on the roof of a house in Moshav Mevo Beitar, on the outskirts of Jerusalem.