Following rocket alert sirens in Eilat, the IDF confirmed that a surface-to-surface missile was launched at Israel and was successfully intercepted in the Red Sea by the Arrow air defense system.
The IDF said that the missile did not cross into Israeli territory and did not pose a threat to civilians.
The missile is believed to have been launched at Israel by the Houthis in Yemen.
The Houthis have fired several ballistic missiles and drones at Eilat since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war in October, all of which were intercepted or missed their targets.
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It was an Iranian missile launched from Yemen (perhaps by locals trained by and paid for by Iran, perhaps by actual Iranians). An appropriate Israeli response might be to start firing missiles at Iran, though that sort of escalation increases the chance of much wider war.