A surface-to-surface ballistic missile was fired at Israel from Yemen on Sunday (September 15) morning, the third time the Iran-backed Houthis successfully penetrated Israeli air defenses.
The missile caused the activation of sirens across central Israel at around 6:30 a.m., Sunday (September 15), with alerts heard from the east of Tel Aviv to Modiin.
There were reports that the missile impacted an open area in the Ben Shemen forest, sparking a fire near Kfar Daniel, a few kilometers southeast of Ben Gurion Airport.
Shrapnel damage was reported at a train station on the outskirts of Modiin, some 25 kilometers (18 miles) east of Tel Aviv.
The IDF initially reported that the missile struck an open area, but later said that it was also investigating the results of interceptor missiles launched at the projectile.
A military probe was set to ascertain why the missile was not intercepted before it reached Israeli airspace, or whether it was intercepted — either fully or partially.
Passengers ran to take shelter at Ben Gurion Airport and lay down on the floor of trains as the sirens went off.
