Israeli firefighters are trying to put out fires in the Bet Shemesh area west of Jerusalem on Monday morning, caused by the “interception” of a missile fired from Yemen.
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In this area, about twenty kilometers southwest of Jerusalem, firefighters are now “trying to put out the fires,” say the firefighters. Warning sirens sounded in the Bet Shemesh area shortly before 3 a.m. (French time).
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Debris from an intercepted missile
An Israeli army spokesperson confirmed that the fires were caused by “debris” resulting from the “interception” of a missile coming from Yemen. “The projectile did not enter Israeli territory,” adds the army. Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the attack later that morning.
In Yemen, the Houthi rebels, who control large parts of the country, are part, along with other groups such as the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas or the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah, of what the Islamic Republic of Iran calls the “axis of resistance” against Israel.
Drone attacks from Iraq
Furthermore, the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq”, a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, claimed four successive drone attacks, carried out early Monday against “essential targets” in the north and south of Israel.
The Israeli army, for its part, indicated that it had “succeeded in intercepting four drones which were approaching Israel from the east” during the night from Sunday to Monday. “Two of them were intercepted before entering Israeli territory,” specifies the army.
