For the fourth time in less than a week, Yemen’s Houthi rebel group launched a ballistic missile at central Israel, prompting widespread sirens and

The Houthis have repeatedly launched missiles at Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians since the conflict in Gaza began more than a year ago. Most have been intercepted, but on Saturday an attack that hit Tel Aviv wounded 16 people, prompting a warning from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Yemen-based Houthi militant group said Wednesday it fired a ballistic missile at the Tel Aviv area in central Israel, an attack that prompted air raid sirens to sound but caused no damage. Israel’s military said it intercepted the missile before it crossed into Israeli territory.

Sirens echoed over central Israel in the early hours of December 25 as a missile, according to Israeli military, that came from Yemen was intercepted. Reuters footage from Tel Aviv shows a projectile streaking across the sky,

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