The attack caused little damage but signified a step-up in the Iran-backed group’s targeting of Israel amid the war in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of severe retaliation after the Iran-backed Houthi group from Yemen launched a missile that reached central Israel for the first time. Despite being intercepted,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Yemen's Houthis will pay a "heavy price" after a missile fired by the group landed in central Israel. The Israeli military said the missile landed in an uninhabited area early on Sunday, but that shrapnel indicated air defence systems had failed to destroy it before it entered Israeli airspace.