Firefighters were today trying to put out fires in the Bet Shemesh area, west of Jerusalem, caused by “fragments of missiles or interceptors”.
Firefighters are now working to extinguish the fires (...) In parallel with the extinguishing operations, firefighters are carrying out additional research in the area in order to exclude other fires and damage caused by interceptor/missile shrapnel", they indicated in a statement.
The Israeli army admitted that the fire was caused by missiles fired to intercept a rocket allegedly launched by Yemen's Huthi rebels.
This projectile raised alarms during the early hours of the morning in the regions of Shfelat, Yehuda and Lakhish, in the center of the country, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.
During the early morning hours, aerial sirens also sounded in the Jerusalem area due to the proximity of two unmanned aerial devices, or 'drones', sent "from the east", a term used by the IDF to refer to Iraq.
The Israeli defense system intercepted a total of five drones and projectiles fired from Iraq and Yemen.
Both Yemen's Huthis and the militias that make up the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, in both cases supported by Iran, have launched attacks against Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, which has been fighting Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip for over a year. .
Attacks also carried out by the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. In response, Israel began a ground invasion that caused the deaths of more than 3,900 people, most in the last two months.
Israel claims to have killed more than 2,500 Hezbollah militants.
