The Israeli army said it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on Sunday after air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem and other cities.

"Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted," the army said in a statement.

Yemen's Huthi rebels later claimed to have fired a "ballistic missile" at Israel's Ben Gurion airport.

The group's military spokesman Yehya Saree said three drones were also launched at Israel.

The Iran-backed group has repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel since the Gaza war broke out in October 2023 with Palestinian militant group Hamas's attack on Israel.

Almost all of the projectiles have been intercepted.

Sunday's interception followed another reported attack on Thursday cla

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