CAIRO (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Friday a missile that was launched from Yemen towards Israel fell to earth inside the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, adding that no interceptors were involved.
At least five Palestinians, including three children, sustained injuries from the missile’s sharpnel that fell in Hebron, the Palestinian Red Crescent said in a later statement.
The incident occurred amid an ongoing Israeli military campaign targeting nuclear sites in Iran that wiped out that country’s entire top echelon of military commanders and also killed nuclear scientists.
Yemen’s Houthis, who usually claim responsibility for missiles launched towards Israel from Yemen, are allied to Iran.
(Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din, Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab; Additional reporting by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Ali SawaftaEditing by Gareth Jones)
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