"Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in central Israel, a surface-to-surface missile was identified crossing into central Israel from the East and fell in an open area. No injuries were reported," the IDF said on Telegram.
"The missile was fired from Yemen. The explosive sounds heard in the last few minutes are from the interceptors. The result of the interception is under review," the army added.
Israeli air defenses tried to shoot down the missile and it fell in an open area. Nine people were injured and fires broke out, according to some other local reports.
Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, said on Sunday that it had struck a military facility in Israel's Jaffa area using a hypersonic ballistic missile.
"The operation was carried out with a new hypersonic ballistic missile that managed in reaching its target, and the enemy's defenses systems failed to intercept and confront. It crossed a distance of 2040 km [1268 miles] in 11 and a half minutes," the movement said on Telegram.
Last October, Ansar Allah (the Houthis), the ruling movement in northern Yemen, announced that it would support Palestinian groups in their confrontation with the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip with missile and air attacks. In particular, the Houthis announced their intention to attack any ships linked to Israel, calling on other countries to recall their crews and not approach them at sea.
At the same time, the Houthis said that they were not interfering with freedom of navigation in the region and were not touching the ships of other countries. Amid the attacks, some companies decided to suspend transportation through the Red Sea. Later, an informed source told Sputnik that Ansar Allah had begun transferring its paramilitary units to Syria.