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| Footage shows damage from hypersonic Houthi missile attack from Yemen, interception attempt, but missile disintegrated in mid-air | ||
| 2024-09-15 | ||
| [IsraelTimes] Videos and pictures posted online show smoke rising from scrubland near the Route 1 highway near central Israel, apparently from shrapnel after the Israel Defense Forces attempted to shoot down a ballistic missile launched from Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... A picture shows damage to an escalator at a train station on the outskirts of Modiin, some 25 kilometers (18 miles) east of Tel Aviv. Police say they are searching for shrapnel in the Judean lowlands area east of Tel Aviv. The IDF said earlier that the missile landed in an open area, after sirens were activated in areas stretching from Tel Aviv east to Modiin. It said it was investigating the interception attempts. According to reports, an initial interception attempt may have failed to hit its target before reaching Israeli airspace, which would explain why shrapnel fell inside Israel.
The military made several attempts to intercept a ballistic missile fired from Yemen by the Iran-backed Houthis at central Israel this morning, the IDF says, though the results of the attempts are still being investigated. The army says the missile fell apart in the air, citing an initial probe. “From a preliminary examination, it appears that the missile apparently disintegrated in the air,” the IDF says. The missile was launched at around 6:21 a.m., and sirens sounded across central Israel at 6:32 a.m. According to the Houthis, the missile reached hypersonic speeds and reached Israel in 11 minutes. Some have questioned more warning time was not given. The military attempted to shoot down the missile using both the long-range Arrow defense system and the Iron Dome, which is usually used for shorter-range attacks, the IDF says. Shrapnel from the missile and the interceptors impacted open areas in the Ben Shemen forest, close to Kfar Daniel, as well as at a train station near Modiin. No serious injuries were reported.
Saree said a hypersonic missile was launched at an unspecified military target in the Tel Aviv area, boasting that the projectile eluded the gauntlet of American and Israeli aerial defense systems, and caused “fear and panic” in Israel. “It forced more than two million Zionists to run to shelters for the first time in the enemy’s history,” he said. He warned that Israelis could expect more attacks and “quality operations” in the lead-up to the anniversary of the Hamas terror group’s October 7 massacre, including a response to Israel’s June bombing of the Hodeida port in Yemen, a lifeline for the terror group, and in order to perform the Houthis’ “religious and moral duty” to support Palestinians, he said. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 rantburg:yemen is a distraction. the enemy is iran. occupy charbahar. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2024-09-15 21:18 |
| #5 IDF says Houthis don't have hypersonic missiles despite their claim |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-09-15 16:54 |
| #4 This should result in several dozen 2 ton bombs hitting multiple targets in Yemen. But it probably won't since no one was killed. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-09-15 14:33 |
#3
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| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-09-15 13:09 |
| #2 ^yet |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-09-15 11:09 |
| #1 Houthis Fire Surface-to-Surface Missile at Israel; No Injuries |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-09-15 09:12 |