The IDF said the projectile was intercepted minutes after the alerts began at 10:39 p.m. Flights bound for Ben Gurion Airport were briefly delayed in the air until the incident ended. By 10:53 p.m., the Home Front Command declared the situation over and told residents they could leave shelters.
Sirens were heard across wide swaths of the country, including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Bat Yam, Givatayim, Herzliya, Holon, Yehud-Monosson, Petah Tikva, Kiryat Ono, Ramat Gan, Ramat Hasharon, Elad, Shoham, Kiryat Malachi, Karnei Shomron and Beit Shemesh. Despite the widespread alerts, emergency medical service said it received no distress calls.
The launch came in apparent retaliation for an Israeli air operation earlier in the day in Sanaa, where the military said more than 65 munitions were dropped on seven Houthi command and intelligence sites in the deepest strike yet carried out in Yemen. The raid, dubbed Operation Passing Package, targeted the Houthis’ general staff headquarters and security apparatus facilities, the IDF said.