JERUSALEM/SANAA - Israel's military said Sunday that it intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen before it entered Israeli airspace.

The missile triggered sirens in several cities and communities across central Israel, the military said in a statement.

Fragments from the missile or the interceptor fell in the playground of a kindergarten in Tzur Hadassah, a community near Jerusalem, causing some damage, the local council said in a statement.

Fragments fell also in Halhul near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian media reports.

No injuries were reported.

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Earlier, Houthi media outlets reported that the group launched a ballistic rocket towards Israel early Sunday morning. 

"We attacked a vital target in the Jaffa area with a hypersonic missile," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.

"The missile successfully hit its target," Sarea noted, vowing that the group will launch more long-range missiles at Israel until "war in Gaza stops".

Residents near the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah wrote on social media that they spotted a big rocket speeding towards the north.

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Since November 2023, the Houthi group has launched rocket and drone attacks on Israel and disrupted "Israeli-linked" shipping in the Red Sea, allegedly to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.