Israel claims to have intercepted a projectile from Yemen, reports fire broke out in rubble
Israeli firefighters were extinguishing a fire west of Jerusalem on Monday, which the military said was caused by debris from an interceptor missile fired from Yemen, AFP news agency reported.
The Jerusalem Regional Fire Department said firefighters were trying to extinguish the blaze and searching the area around Beit Shemesh to rule out further fire and “damage from interceptor and missile fragments.”
The IDF said in a statement on its official Telegram channel:
Following sirens blaring in the Shferat Yehuda, Yehuda and Lachish areas of central Israel, the IAF intercepted a projectile approaching Israel from the direction of Yemen. The projectile did not enter Israeli territory. The siren was sounded according to the procedure.
Asked directly about the incident by AFP, the Israeli military said an interception of a projectile from Yemen caused a fire in the Bet Shemesh area due to debris from the interception.
In a separate development, Yemen's Houthi-run main TV news outlet al-Masira TV reported early Monday that a series of airstrikes targeted Amran and Sa'ada provinces, and that the U.S. It was announced that the UK claims to have done this. .
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Israeli firefighters were battling blazes Monday west of Jerusalem, with the army saying the fires were sparked by debris from an intercepted missile fired from Yemen
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Yemen’s Al Masirah TV reports more US-British strikes on the Houthi-controlled area of the country
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Israeli firefighters were battling blazes Monday west of Jerusalem, with the army saying the fires were sparked by debris from an intercepted missile fired from Yemen, AFP reports.
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Firefighters were working to douse the blazes, conducting scans around Beit Shemesh to rule out more fires and “damage from interceptor/missile shrapnel”, the Jerusalem region fire service said.
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In a statement on its official Telegram channel, the IDF said:
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Following the sirens that sounded in the Shfelat Yehuda, Yehuda, and Lakhish areas of central Israel, the IAF intercepted one projectile that approached Israel from the direction of Yemen. The projectile did not cross into Israeli territory. Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol.
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Asked directly about the incident by AFP, the Israeli military said the interception of a projectile from Yemen caused fires in the Bet Shemesh area resulting from debris from that interception.
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In a separate development, Reuters reports Al-Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by Yemen’s Houthi movement, said early on Monday that a series of airstrikes targeted the Amran and Saada governorates, which they claim were carried out by the US and Britain.
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Overnight, the Israeli military reported on its official Telegram channel that it had “successfully intercepted four unmanned aerial vehicles that approached Israel from the east.”
When IDF statements generally say “from the east,” that usually means from the direction of Iraq.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported more arrests overnight by Israeli security forces in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The newspaper reports that a young man has been arrested after troops raided his home in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem.
Additionally, in an Israeli attack on Harazon refugee camp north of Ramallah, one man was injured and two others were arrested by Israeli security forces.
Claims have not been independently verified.
Al Jazeera reporter Hani Mahmoud, Deli El Barra In Gaza, a journalist and his wife were killed in an overnight Israeli attack on a tent in Gaza, the network wrote.
He writes:
They had set up tents to protect themselves from unpredictable Israeli bombs after their homes in the Nuseirat refugee camp were destroyed several months earlier. This particular area of Nuseirat refugee camp is very close to the edge of Netzarim Junction. The Israeli military has a very strong and visible presence there. The area is under relentless attack, with residents living in daily fear from heavy machine guns, quadcopters, and drones hovering at very low altitudes.
Al Jazeera has been banned from operating in Israel by Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
outgoing US president joe biden He is scheduled to meet with the President of Israel. Isaac Herzog Tuesday, Reuters reported. The meeting came amid a looming deadline set by the United States to improve the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged northern Gaza Strip.
Israel claims to have intercepted a projectile from Yemen, reports fire broke out in rubble
Israeli firefighters were extinguishing a fire west of Jerusalem on Monday, which the military said was caused by debris from an interceptor missile fired from Yemen, AFP news agency reported.
The Jerusalem Regional Fire Department said firefighters were trying to extinguish the blaze and searching the area around Beit Shemesh to rule out further fire and “damage from interceptor and missile fragments.”
The IDF said in a statement on its official Telegram channel:
Following sirens blaring in the Shferat Yehuda, Yehuda and Lachish areas of central Israel, the IAF intercepted a projectile approaching Israel from the direction of Yemen. The projectile did not enter Israeli territory. The siren was sounded according to the procedure.
Asked directly about the incident by AFP, the Israeli military said an interception of a projectile from Yemen caused a fire in the Bet Shemesh area due to debris from the interception.
In a separate development, Yemen's Houthi-run main TV news station Al-Masira TV reported early Monday that a series of airstrikes had targeted Amran and Sa'ada provinces, Reuters reported. It was announced that the UK claims to have done this. .
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Israeli firefighters were battling blazes in the west on Monday. JerusalemThe military said the fire was caused by debris from an intercepted missile. yemen
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yemenAl-Masira TV reports further US and UK attacks on Houthi-controlled areas of the country
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outgoing US president joe biden He is scheduled to meet with the President of Israel. Isaac Herzog on tuesday
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Prime Minister of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuHe said he spoke with the next president of the United States yesterday. donald trump 3 times in the last few days
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About 40 people were fined and released for public disorder in Amsterdam last week, but the city's police chief said “incidents on both sides” led to the violence over the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv match. .
