At 2:36 in the morning (1:36 in Spain) the alarms rang. sirens throughout Israel. It was the signal that warned that the country was being attacked with missiles. An attack witnessed on site by EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA and immediately repelled by the Iron Dome, the anti-missile protection system of the Hebrew country. Although the attack was neutralized, alerts were activated “in several areas of central Israel” due to “the possibility of falling debris after the interception,” according to Israel Katz, Minister of Defense of the Israeli government.
The missiles They came from Yemen. The Houthis, the front that has been attacking Israel most recently, had already warned a day before that they would attack Israel “and all countries that support them.” The attack caused no casualties or personal injury in any of Israel’s inhabited areas. However, he left material damage in an area near Tel Aviv, where a school was destroyed in the municipality of Ramat Gan.
In response, throughout the night the Israelis proceeded to counter. Katz himself reported that his armed forces began a rapid offensive that bombed ports and energy infrastructure used by the Houthi rebels.
The Houthi media, for its part, acknowledged that the Israeli counterattack hit power plants, oil facilities and a port and nine people were killedin addition to leaving several injured. Israel “carried out precise attacks against Houthi military targets in Yemen, including ports and energy infrastructure in Sana’a that the Houthis have used in ways that effectively contribute to their military actions,” clarified the minister, who concluded by warning the terrorists that “the arm of Israel will reach you all”.
