The latest tit-for-tat attacks follow Israeli airstrikes in Sanaa and Hodeidah, which killed nine people earlier this week.
The Israeli military said it failed to shoot down a Yemeni missile that the Houthi rebels landed in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area.
The army reported the attack on its telegraph channel on Saturday, saying that “one missile from Yemen” was detected after sirens went off “in the middle of Israel” and that “tracking attempts were unsuccessful”.
Prophet of Yemen Houthis confirmed that the group hit a “military target” in the Jaffa area with a ballistic missile.
Israel's medical aid, Magen David Adom (MDA), said that 16 people were “slightly injured by glass shards from broken windows in nearby buildings”.
The Houthi attack on Israel came after the latter a plane crash On Thursday, the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, and the port of Hodeidah, which killed at least nine people.
The Israeli attack came after the Houthis fired a missile at Israel earlier that day, which was intercepted.
The Houthis later claimed they had attempted an attack on Thursday, saying they had fired at “two real and well-known military units…
The attack on Gaza
Yemen's Houthi fighters have targeted Israel and its associated ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since Israel launched an offensive on Gaza on October 7, 2023, following a Hamas-led invasion of Israel.
The Houthis are said to be acting in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza conflict in which Israel has killed more than 45,000 people, mostly children and women.
Last week, the group pledged to continue working “until the violence in Gaza stops and the siege is lifted”.
On December 9, a plane claimed by the Houthis exploded on the top floor of a residential building in the central Israeli district of Yavne, causing no injuries.
In July, a Houthi airstrike on Tel Aviv killed an Israeli civilian, sparking protests at the Yemeni port of Hodeidah.
Houthi attacks on naval vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden have also led to Houthi-by-Houthi attacks. United States and sometimes, the United Kingdom.